The Shog-A.I. Shimbun Podcast #43: Megumi Prepares to Transfer Control of Business & Disability News Japan in The Mainichi!

By Barrier Free Japan

July 15 2024

TOKYO & AICHI – Megumi, which operates a group home for people with disabilities, submitted its business policy to Aichi Prefecture on July 12th, indicating its intention to transfer the business within the year. There is a possibility that some facilities will no longer be able to operate.

Megumi aims to transfer the business to a separate corporation within the year. After being found to have inflated food costs and fraudulent compensation claims, Megumi was administratively punished by Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya City, and will no longer be able to operate group homes nationwide. 


Episode notes:


‘ “Some facilities will no longer be able to operate” as Disgraced Megumi Care Facility Operator Prepares to Transfer Control of Business’:

https://barrierfreejapan.com/2024/07/14/some-facilities-will-no-longer-be-able-to-operate-as-disgraced-megumi-care-facility-operator-prepares-to-transfer-control-of-business/

‘Life in Japan: An encounter with disability and a call to action’ (By David McNeill, The Mainichi Shimbun, July 10 2024):

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240709/p2a/00m/0op/011000c