New job support center caters to LGBT with disabilities in Japan
The new employment support center targets sexual minorities with mental or developmental disorders, who often fall between the cracks under the current welfare system.
Author: Michael Gillan Peckitt
UK & CP born, living in Japan, blogging about disability
Many Blood Drives Canceled in Japan amid Pandemic
While the number of visitors to donation rooms are almost at target levels despite the pandemic, there has been a spate of cancellations of offers to accept donation buses, due to concerns about the infection spread.
Japan looking for a youth movement to power future Paralympic teams
Lack of accessibility in sports facilities and infrastructure limits the involvement of individuals with disabilities in sports, making it tough for athletes to find a safe and supporting environment to jump-start their sporting careers at an early age.
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Japan wants more intellectually impaired inclusion at 2030 Paralympics
Toshiyuki Saito, the head of the All Nippon ID Sport Association, also known as ANISA, is urging the IPC to allow competitors with intellectual impairments to contest a broader range of sports to give them more visibility at the Paralympics.
“They should increase the number of intellectual disability Paralympic medal events in order to give athletes with intellectual disability a chance to inspire the world,” Saito said.
Japan Govt Ordered to Pay Damages over Forced Sterilization after Tokyo High Court overturns Lower Court Ruling
Tokyo High Court Presiding Judge Yutaka Hirata concluded that the eugenic protection law was unconstitutional. The plaintiff, a Tokyo resident, had demanded the government pay damages of 30 million yen.
Family says man with disability in central Japan died of COVID after poor hospital care
A 24-year-old man with a severe intellectual disability died four days after he was sent to hospital with COVID-19 and then returned home without sufficient examination or treatment, his family told the Mainichi Shimbun on March 9.
After Coronavirus Cluster at Hokkaido School for the Intellectually Disabled, positive Staff forced to care for positive Students
At Muroran Kotosen Gakuen in Muroran City, where children with intellectual disabilities and others are enrolled, a cluster of new coronavirus cases broke out at the end of February, forcing the staff of the isolated facility who tested positive for the virus, to provide care to those students who tested positive for the virus.
Japan Govt Appeals to Top Court over Forced Sterilization
The Japanese government Monday 7th March appealed to the Supreme Court to challenge a high court verdict ordering damages payments to victims of forced sterilization performed under the now-defunct eugenic protection law.
Death Toll from Osaka Arson Attack Rises to 26
The death toll from an arson attack at a mental health clinic in the western Japan city of Osaka in December last year rose to 26 on Monday, according to the Osaka prefectural police.
Paralympic Committee asks Beijing why anti-war speech was censored
The International Paralympic Committee on Saturday said it has asked China’s state broadcaster to explain the apparent censorship of its president’s forceful anti-war speech at the opening of the Beijing Winter Paralympics.
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