“Japan’s minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games says he will work harder to provide information about the event.”
“Yumi Suzuki said, “If you have not experienced this kind of discrimination the disabled have received, than you cannot understand it.” ”
“In a statement from Panasonic, Juichi Hirasawa, senior vice president of ANA, said, “ANA’s partnership with Panasonic will make Narita Airport more welcoming and accessible, both of which are crucial to maintaining the airport’s status as a hub for international travel in the years to come. The robotic wheelchairs are just the latest element in ANA’s multi-faceted approach to improving hospitality in the air and on the ground.” “
“In 2015, about 5.2 million people in Japan had dementia, and this number is estimated to rise to about 7 million in 2025. For those 65 and older, 20 percent have dementia. The dementia prevalence rate increases with advancing age, so the morbidity rate is expected to continue to rise thereafter.”
“Japan’s National Personnel Authority announced on the 18th May that it will carry out a national government employee’s employment examination for persons with disabilities in 2019. Applications will be accepted in June in response to the problem of the employment of disabled people in central ministries and agencies identified in 2018 when 754 people passed in the first examination for disabled people, and the ratio for the number of applicants was about 12 times smaller.”
“The bill revising the Employment Promotion Act for Persons with Disabilities, which includes measures to prevent the government from interpreting the criteria arbitrarily when hiring people with disabilities in response to the central government ministries’s problem of employment of disabled people The ball was voted on and unanimously passed to the House of Councilors.”
“As of 2012, dementia patients accounted for about 4 percent of people between the ages of 70 to 74 and the rate of such patients aged 75 to 79 was around 14 percent, according to a government estimate.”
“A woman in her 30s was found floating on a bath tub while bathing at around 5 pm on the 11th May according to Edogawa Ward officials. The woman was taken to the hospital but was confirmed dead.”
“Hiromi Nakano, the president of the NPO, pointed out that “I want the country to understand the actual situation and review the penal code.” “
“While athletes will take center stage at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, volunteers — able-bodied and disabled — are expected to play a significant role in supporting spectators and others who will flock to the games.”
“A total of 293 cases, or 7.3 percent, resulted in deaths, while 427 cases, or 10.6 percent, left patients with a high chance of permanent disabilities.0
“Three years ago, 19 people were killed and 27 people were seriously injured at a the facility for disabled people in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture. A former staff member of this facility is charged with the crime and a journalist sought to have a dialogue with him.”
“The decision comes after the ministry’s survey following the deadly torrential rains in western Japan and the earthquake that caused a complete blackout in Hokkaido last year found that more than 100 of the hospitals do not meet either of the criteria.”
The trial date is set for January 8th 2020.
“Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has put together a priority policy “Disability Promotion Plan” to be tackled from this fiscal year to support the activities of disabled people in each field such as school education, lifelong learning, cultural arts.”
“[A] Tokyo-based medical personnel resource service company, said, as of April 22, it had received 4,538 requests to dispatch doctors between April 27 and May 6, about 800 more than what it received during last year’s Golden Week period.”
“Concerning the case where 19 men and women in the hospital were killed at a facility for the disabled in Sagamihara City in 2016, the trial of a former employee, Satoshi Uematsu (pictured) accused of murder, will begin on January 8 next year.”
“The new law, drafted by both ruling and opposition parties, offers an apology to victims but critics say its wording lacks clarity over where the responsibility lies.”
“The girl had a disability and police believe there is a possibility that an oxygen tank attached to the stroller that helped her breathe caused the fire.”
“Breaking down the figures by disability; the number of those employed who have a physical disability has increased from 4.5% to 21,805,5, those with developmental disabilities increased 10,3% to 6,973. The number of those employed who have a mental illness increased by 36%, with was the largest rise in the prefecture .”
“Many medical societies were involved in the promotion of forced sterilizations, but self-investigations into the practice have been limited to a small portion of the organizations. It is especially rare for the JMSF, the largest academic organization in the country in the medical field, to confront the past history of its member societies and medical scientists. The purpose of the investigation is to identify the factors that led to scientists and physicians at the time to promote forced sterilizations.”
“Going on sale will be tickets for general audience, tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying people, and special tickets costing ¥2,020 apiece for groups including children or elderly people, or people with disabilities.”
“But when it comes to accommodation…everyone knows we have the issue of accessibility,” he said, highlighting transport and access to public buildings as areas that must be addressed.”
“Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to issue a statement offering a state apology to victims of forced sterilization under a now-defunct eugenics law after a redress bill clears parliament, government sources said Tuesday.”
“The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games on Saturday 13th April unveiled the official sport pictograms for the Paralympics.”
“The nationwide survey, conducted between late March and early April, found that only 67 forced sterilization victims had requested disclosure of their surgery and other related records between January 2018 and March 2019.”
“Deeming that penalties are necessary to prevent abuse of the controversial procedure, Japan’s Cabinet Office is expected to propose the legislation at a bioethics panel’s meeting on April 22. The science and health ministries will discuss the specifics before making a decision in the fall, the sources said.”
“Saturday April 13th 2019 marks 500 days until the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Paralympic Games at Japan’s new national stadium in Tokyo.”
“The Osaka District Court on April 11 ordered the government to reinstate basic disability pensions for nine type-1 diabetes patients, which it had severed without a detailed explanation.”
“Victims of a eugenics program are unsatisfied with a relief bill to compensate thousands of people forcibly sterilized under a 1948 law designed to “prevent births of inferior children.” A proposal to provide lump-sum payments of 3.2 million yen ($28,800) for each victim was approved by the Lower House Committee on Health, Labor and Welfare on April 10. [L]awyers cited three main problems with the bill: The state does not directly apologize in the bill; the lump-sum payment is too small; and victims’ spouses and relatives are not eligible to receive relief.
“Jiji Press conducted a telephone interview with Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), about the current situation, challenges, and significance of the event.”
“The number of workers with disabilities increased 7.9& from the previous year to 534,769.5, accounting for a record 2.05% of the total workforce, up 0.08 percentage point and the first reading above 2.0%
But only 45.9% of all companies met the legal standard, down 4.1%”
“The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Marathon event will feature a total of five classes, including a class for men and women with visual impairments (T12), male amputees (T46), and men and women’s wheelchair users (T54). Athletes with visual impairment will be allowed to be accompanied by a guide runner. The players must hold the elbows of the guide runners or hold on the ropes and run, as they must not be separated by more than 50 cm.”
“”I want to show to the world Japan’s innovativeness, which allows even those with serious disabilities to participate in society,” said 54-year-old Hajime Takano, a resident of the Kanagawa Prefecture city of Kawasaki, south of Tokyo. He hopes to become a volunteer in the service sector, such as directing visitors to their destinations. “
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“An initiative to support students who can not find employment easily due to developmental disorders in cooperation with universities and private employment support establishments began in Kansai.”
“Whether disabled people will be ‘orderly’ or ‘harmonious’, at least the ‘Reiwa’ era’s name in Japan was announced with sign language.”
“According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, as of March 2018, approximately 5.11 million have the physical disability notebook, approximately 990,000 have the mental health and welfare notebook.”
“More than 45 percent of respondents to a Mainichi Shimbun survey targeting people with developmental disorders aged 20 and older said they had depression…Of the respondents, 862 had been diagnosed with developmental disabilities, of which 45.5 percent, or 393 people, were diagnosed with depression.”
“In the first extensive survey conducted by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry on people working in the nursing care industry, 81 percent of those reporting harassment said they had been psychologically abused at least once in 2018.”
“Speaking about the problem of the employment of persons with disabilities, Japan’s Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, Takumi Nemoto stated on March 26th that the government’s recruitment activities may result in the possibility that some persons with disabilities will leave the private sector and some companies may not meet the legal employment rate.”
“Plans to build new facilities n Yokohama City, Kanagawa prefecture continue with an aim re-settle the residents there and rebuilding work is underway at the site of the incident.”
“Japanese company ‘Whill’ produces smartphone-controlled wheelchair”
“[To] achieve the hiring rate of the disabled for public institutions set by the country’s law at 2.5 percent of all officials, the government needs to secure 3,000 more.”
“Diet members from the ruling and opposition parties have jointly compiled a draft bill to provide relief to many with intellectual disabilities and others who underwent sterilization surgery under the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Law.”
“The bill would obligate central government ministries, agencies and local municipalities to confirm a job applicant’s disabled status by verifying specific documents.”
“The labor ministry will be granted review and advisory power to check whether such agencies are employing disabled people according to the rules.”
“Under the plan, presented at a related meeting on Monday, such ministries and agencies will each see a cut of ¥600,000 per person a year from funds allotted to purchase consumables, beginning in fiscal 2021.”
“Training to open a “welfare shelter” that accepts victims who need assistance such as disabled people when a disaster occurs was held in Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture on the 17th March. Approximately 40 people, including nine visually impaired people and city and center staff, participated in the training conducted at the Shiga Prefectural Center for the Visually Impaired in Hikone City.”
“The robots, created with Japanese technology, are expected to assist spectators in such ways as guiding people to their seats at stadiums, bringing food and drinks to those in wheelchairs, providing event information and helping carry things.”
