Japan to Allow Elderly to Get My Number Card without Password
From as early as November, elderly people will be able to choose not to set a password when making their My Number cards. The plan is part of the government’s efforts to promote the card.
Author: Michael Gillan Peckitt
UK & CP born, living in Japan, blogging about disability
Letter to the Editor of The Mainichi: Disability inclusion in Japan
People with disabilities continue to be neglected and marginalised, with fewer educational opportunities, poorer health outcomes, lower levels of employment, and higher rates of poverty. Discrimination is pervasive. It harms, hurts, and creates prejudices. The COVID-19 pandemic has only made the situation worse, and the United Nations 2030 Agenda calls for no one to be left behind. As the world reopens, things must fundamentally change.
Disability News Japan Podcast: Daughter and Siblings Arrested for Abusing Wheelchair-Using Grandmother of Dead 6 Year Old Boy in Kobe
The woman’s face was lifeless and she had brown bruises. She got up from her wheelchair and tried to step forward, but collapsed to her knees after two or three steps.
710 Cases of Depression and Other Mental Health Issues Caused by Work in FY 2022, Japan’s Ministry of Health Announces
This was 81 cases more than in the previous year, breaking the record for the fourth consecutive year since the statistics began in 1983. Of these, suicides and attempted suicides totaled 67, 12 fewer than in the previous year. By cause, power harassment accounted for the largest number of cases (147), once again highlighting the reality of a workplace that is not improving.
Forced Sterilization of People with Disabilities in Hokkaido: A Brief Timeline
Between 1948 and 1996, Japan’s eugenics law authorized the sterilization of people with intellectual disabilities, mental illnesses or hereditary disorders to prevent the birth of “inferior” offspring. About 25,000 people with disabilities were sterilized under the law, including around 16,500 who were operated on without their consent, according to government data. A number of the court cases were filed and heard in the Sapporo District Court in Hokkaido.
Japan May See Next Influenza Season Start in October
According to Japan’s health ministry, the average number of flu patients per regularly monitored hospital across the country stood at 1.29 in the week through June 18. Since peaking in mid-February, the number has remained above 1.0, indicating that flu infections are still spreading.
70% of ‘Special Needs Schools’ in Japan Prohibit Male-Female Relationships for Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Survey
Yuko Kadoshita, a visiting researcher at Toyo University, conducted the survey in 2021. 466 people responded, with 5.6% saying that dating is “prohibited” and 63.3% saying that “it is not prohibited but there are rules. 30.0% said “no ban and no rules.”
Japan may have entered 9th COVID-19 wave says virus expert Shigeru Omi
Japan may have entered its ninth wave of COVID-19 infections, an expert who served as the government’s top coronavirus adviser said Monday, stressing the importance of protecting vulnerable elderly individuals from the disease.
“A ninth wave may have started,” Shigeru Omi told reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to discuss the recent nationwide increase in infections after the government eased countermeasures, including downgrading the legal status of the disease to the same category as seasonal influenza in May.
Suspects in 6 Year Old Boy’s Death in Kobe also Arrested for Mistreating Boy’s Wheelchair-Using Grandmother
According to the prefectural police force’s first criminal investigation division, Yumiko had been locked in the closet from the outside. She had meals regularly, but is believed to have been locked up several dozen times over the space of three months. She escaped when the four went out, and police took her into protective custody in Kobe’s Tarumi Ward on the evening of June 20. She was in a wheelchair, and suffering from eye and back injuries, but her injuries were not life-threatening, police said.
Disability News Japan Podcast: Forced Sterilization & Itoham’s Request For Interview With Disabled Employee To Be Cut Controversy
In the last week a lot of stories have been reported that concerns people with disabilities in Japan.
Barrier Free Japan 