Former employees allege abuse in ‘punishment room’ at Aichi ‘Megumi’ disability care facility [Podcast Episode]

By Barrier Free Japan

October 30 2026

According to the report, former employees of ‘Megumi’, a Japanese operator of group homes for people with disabilities have alleged that a facility director repeatedly assaulted and verbally abused residents in a space known as a “punishment room,” according to an investigative report published Monday that said that a Megumi day-care facility home in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture had a space adjacent to the facility referred to as an “otoshioki-beya,” or “punishment room”, where a female facility director frequently assaulted and verbally abused service users.

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‘Former employees allege abuse in ‘punishment room’ at Aichi ‘Megumi’ disability care facility’:

Former employees allege abuse in ‘punishment room’ at Aichi ‘Megumi’ disability care facility