Disability News Japan Podcast: The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #3: Further Details on the ‘Hokkaido Farm Abuse Case’

By Barrier Free Japan

March 17 2024

HOKKAIDO – Whilst reading about the ranch operator in northern Japan’s Hokkaido who admitted in court on March 12th that they had not paid intellectually disabled workers for decades, giving them only “snacks and juice,” Barrier Free Japan went back to their blog and re-read reports.

Episode notes:

‘ “Besides being intellectually disabled, you are a human being” ’: Plaintiff claims in Hokkaido farm abuse lawsuit’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2023/11/28/besides-being-intellectually-disabled-you-are-a-human-being-plaintiff-claims-in-hokkaido-farm-abuse-lawsuit/

‘Hokkaido ranch operator in abuse suit admits to paying disabled workers in snacks, juice’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2024/03/14/hokkaido-ranch-operator-in-abuse-suit-admits-to-paying-disabled-workers-in-snacks-juice/