Shoji Nakanishi, Founder of Japan’s First Independent Living Centre, Dies Aged 80 [Podcast Episode]

By Barrier Free Japan

April 7 2025

TOKYO – The Japan Branch of Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI) has announced that Shoji Nakanishi, a former Chair and long‑serving Standing Committee member of DPI Japan, died on March 26, 2025. Nakanishi founded Japan’s first ‘Independent Living Centre’ in 1986.

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Shoji Nakanishi, Founder of Japan’s First Independent Living Centre, Dies Aged 80