More spaces for wheelchairs on the Tokaido Bullet train
The new Tokaido Shinkansen, which will run from the 20th, will have four more seats for wheelchairs, for a total of six seats.
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UK & CP born, living in Japan, blogging about disability
Mayor of Japanese City at site where people with disabilities were killed to re-consider location of Paralympic torch ceremony
Kentaro Motomura, the Mayor of Sagamihara City, spoke at a regular press conference on the 20th about the intellectually disabled facility “Tsukui Yamayurien” where 19 residents were killed in July 2016. Mayor Motomura said: “I want to make a comprehensive judgment, including changing the location,” he said. The bereaved families were asking the city to cancel the event.
As the pandemic continues, Nagoya based groups for the Deaf and hearing impaired raise concerns about masks hindering communication
As the new coronavirus spreads, a group of people concerned in Nagoya city, say “We have collected the real voices of people with hearing disabilities in the coronavirus disaster.” Wearing masks and other measures to prevent infection seem to be detrimental to the communication of deaf and deaf-blind people, who read words from the movement of their mouths and the shape of their fingers.
Kyoto District Court suspends Child Support Allowance because mother was receiving a disability pension
Mayu Yamada, a single parent with four children, was receiving child support allowance when she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and was awarded a basic disability pension in April 2017. However, in January 2006, Kyoto Prefecture suspended her child support allowance on the grounds that she was receiving a disability pension.
Cancer Screening Recipients Decrease 30 Pct in Japan in 2020
The drop in screening came apparently as many medical checkups were canceled due to the spread of the novel coronavirus and a lot of people refrained from visiting doctors amid the epidemic.
Ibaraki Prefecture decides staff and residents at facilities for people with disabilities are to be given vaccine priority
The vaccine for the new coronavirua has begun to be given to the elderly on a priority basis, Ibaraki Prefecture has decided that residents and staff of facilities for the disabled will also be newly subject to priority vaccination, following a series of clusters of infected people at several facilities for the disabled in the prefecture.
Miyazaki branch of Japan’s Book and DVD rental store ‘TSUTAYA’ opens a ‘Special corner for understanding people with disabilities’
A special corner with about 30 books and DVDs related to autism and developmental disabilities is being set up at the TSUTAYA Takanabe bookstore in Takanabe-cho.
Japan makes moves to deregulate usage of electric scooters and delivery robots
Currently, electric kickboards are classified as motorized bicycles, which can only be ridden on roads and require a driver’s license.
Disabled passengers in Japan left disconnected in age of digital smart card use
An advocacy group that supports disabled residents in Chiba, east of Tokyo, says the lack of smart cards with discount fares for disabled residents and carers on any lines in the Kanto region adds significantly to travel time.
Being refused boarding on Japan Railway trains debate: Wheelchair using comedian Hawking Aoyama sees it this way
“I think that if you use a method like exercising your strength, it will not be understood by people with disabilities, but it will not lead to repulsion. Is it really good for other people with disabilities?”
