Author: Michael Gillan Peckitt

UK & CP born, living in Japan, blogging about disability
by Michael Gillan Peckitt May 14, 2026 Number of comments0
Abuse Disability Japan

Tokyo Mother Admits to Remodelling Closet to Confine Disabled Teenage Daughter

In a case where two parents and an older brother were arrested on suspicion of unlawful confinement resulting in injury for restraining a disabled girl in a closet, it has been revealed through interviews with investigators that the mother admitted to remodeling the closet to create a confinement space around September of last year. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) believes that the confinement became a routine occurrence from that point onward.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt May 12, 2026 1
Abuse Crime developmental disabilities Disability Japan Sexual Assault

Former Instructor Arrested For Indecent Acts Against Woman with Developmental Disability: “I did it to satisfy my sexual desires”

A former instructor at a support organization has been arrested on suspicion of committing indecent acts against a woman with a developmental disability during a class. He partially denies the allegations, but reportedly said, “I did it to satisfy my sexual desires.”

by Michael Gillan Peckitt May 11, 2026 Number of comments0
Disability Employment Japan Podcast Welfare

Okinawa Company Denies Hiring People with Disabilities and Prohibiting Contact with Employer [Podcast Episode]

Employees with disabilities were referred to as “talents,” and “connections between talents via chat tools, social media, etc., are prohibited,” forbidding contact with other employees with disabilities, such as colleagues. The reason given for this was that it would “lead to trouble.”

by Michael Gillan Peckitt May 8, 2026 Number of comments0
Disability Health Infectious Diseases Japan Medical

Risk of Hantavirus Spread in Japan Low: Health Ministry

The risk of hantavirus spreading in Japan through person-to-person transmission is low, even if infected passengers from a cruise ship linked to a recent outbreak enter the country, the health ministry said Wednesday. The ministry called on the public to remain calm, after three people died in a suspected hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. A Japanese national is among passengers on the ship.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt May 8, 2026 Number of comments0
Disability Discrimination Employment Japan Welfare

Disabled workers in Japan left “with no work assigned and abandoned”, companies outsource employment management to contractors

It has been learned that there have been repeated cases in which disabled people directly employed by companies through intermediaries operating disability employment businesses were given virtually no actual work while working remotely, and were effectively left abandoned, doing little more than exchanging simple chat messages with the intermediary company. The cases reveal a structure in which companies seeking to meet the legally mandated employment quota for disabled workers (currently 2.5% of employees) hired disabled people only in form while paying salaries, then completely outsourced employment management to outside contractors.