“Prosecutors on Thursday said they are seeking the death penalty for a man charged with murdering three elderly residents at a Kawasaki nursing home in 2014 by throwing them from balconies.”
“Japan announced its mascot for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on February 28th 3018. According to the The Japan Times, mascot is cool, calm but also can be powerful with a supernatural power and a kind heart, and can move objects by looking at them.”
“Hyogo Prefecture announced that there were 68 cases of abuse of persons with disabilities in the prefecture in FY 2016. Although low, abuse by welfare facility staff is increasing. The prefecture calls attention to facilities etc. as “There is a possibility that stress caused by shortage of manpower may be affected.” ”
“Parents who care for persons with disabilities are aging, worried about the future of children, I want to aim for a society where people with disabilities can coexist.”
“Japan has officially inaugurated its team of athletes for the PyeongChang Paralympics, scheduled to take place in South Korea next month.”
“A judgement by the courts of an unemployed male in the city (87) who was questioned for theft as a shoplifting in the supermarket in Kobe was held at the Kobe District Court on 23rd, and judge Kurao Atsushi said ” It is not admitted that there was willful intent of theft”
“The fact that elderly people with dementia become extremely weak has not been shared between the medical and nursing fronts and patient’s families…”
“Next month in Senboku New Town (NT) in the southern part of Osaka Prefecture, a group home for disabled people refurbished detached houses will open. ”
“There is no pleasure, if there is no mobility support”
“A Hokkaido man in his 70s plans to file a lawsuit seeking damages from the government over his forced sterilization at around age 20 under the 1948 eugenic protection law, sources said Thursday, as a related investigation unearthed documents showing children aged 15 and below — including one as young as 9 — were also sterilized under the law.”
