New signal: Japan's 'button type' pedestrian crosswalk switches are being replaced with a new 'touch type' model. Trial installations have already begun, with about 15 installed in Shinagawa ward — around 13,000 signals citywide are to be replaced gradually:
歩行者用信号機を青にする為の[押ボタン箱]に代わる新型の(タッチスイッチ)が開発されこれまで15信号に対応されました。
歩行者用信号
ほこうしゃようしんごう · HOKOUSHAYOUSHINGOU
(Pedestrian) crosswalk signal.