> We visited Japan in the mid-00's and outside of Kyoto found a real shortage of latin-lettered signage. I heard the same from my in-laws around then, but we'v

> We visited Japan in the mid-00's and outside of Kyoto found a real shortage of latin-lettered signage. I heard the same from my in-laws around then, but we've been a bunch of times over the last decade, most recently immediately post-quarantine-- Hiroshima, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and Tokyo. I'd attest that across these cities, they really stepped up signage in preparation for visitors to the Olympics. I barely had to think to translate anything on the last trip; everyone had English menus, QR codes to English versions of such, and English signs everywhere tourists were expected (arcades, stores, restaurants). We had kids in tow so weren't crawling locals bars, love hotels or pachinko parlors. Those may still be tricky to navigate.