Disability News Japan Podcast: Japan’s Health Ministry to Take Measures Regarding Overcharging for Food at ‘Megumi’ Group Homes for the Disabled

By Barrier Free Japan

November 27 2023

JAPAN – In response to the issue of Megumi, a nationwide operator of group homes (GH) for people with disabilities, having been found to have misappropriated food expenses from people with disabilities at 139 GH facilities in Aichi Prefecture, including those operated by Megumi, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Keizo Takemi announced at a post-cabinet meeting on November 24th that he would take measures to revise compensation for welfare services for the disabled in the next fiscal year.

Episode Notes: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2023/11/24/japans-minister-of-health-labor-and-welfare-to-take-measures-to-revise-compensation-regarding-overcharging-for-food-at-megumi-group-homes-for-the-disabled/