Author: Michael Gillan Peckitt

UK & CP born, living in Japan, blogging about disability
Disability Discrimination Eugenics Japan

Miyagi woman to sue Japanese government over forced sterilization under now-defunct eugenics law

“SENDAI – A woman in her 60s will sue the government for being forced to undergo sterilization on the grounds of her intellectual disability, according to informed sources.”

Crime Disability Japan

Utsunomiya Care Home: Two former employees to be sentenced for assaulting resident

“In a trial against two former employees of a facility charged injuring a resident, the prosecution said, “In a trial against a man who was charged with injuries and the like, It is a one-sided crime against a nonresistant person with disabilities. He was sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment and two years imprisonment.”