The Barrier Free Japan Podcast April 19th – April 28th Digest Edition

By Barrier Free Japan

April 28 2025

JAPAN – As Golden Week approaches with Showa Day on April 29th, ‘Barrier Free Japan’ & ‘Disability News Japan’ has been busy! Here is a digest of recent news stories about disability issues in Japan.

*Apologies for the background noise, it is why Barrier Free Japan sometimes engages ‘AI mode’.

Episode Notes:

‘Digitalized Osaka Expo Troubling Elderly Visitors’ (April 19):

Digitalized Osaka Expo Troubling Elderly Visitors

‘Nippon Foundation Estimates 360,000 Young People in Japan have been Diagnosed with Developmental Disorders’ (April 24):

Nippon Foundation Estimates 360,000 Young People in Japan have been Diagnosed with Developmental Disorders

‘Amidst Controversy Over Book Depicting Neurodivergent People as Animals, Publisher Changes Author’s Credentials’: (April 27):

Amidst Controversy Over Book Depicting Neurodivergent People as Animals, Publisher Changes Author’s Credentials