Japanese Federation of the Deaf; JFD
Official name of the national organization for the deaf in Japan.
The Japanese Federation of the Deaf works to protect the rights of people with hearing impairments.
Modern standard spelling using ろうあ (kana) for 'deaf'.
Older kanji spelling using 聾唖; now largely replaced by the kana form.
Compound of 全日本 (zen-nihon, 'all-Japan'), ろうあ (rōa, 'deaf'), and 連盟 (renmei, 'federation'). The term ろうあ is a modern kana representation of the older kanji 聾唖.