Author: Michael Gillan Peckitt
UK & CP born, living in Japan, blogging about disability
Osaka based school hoping to open a facility to train visually impaired in massage loses lawsuit in second trial
The Osaka High Court on July 9 rejected the appeal of a lawsuit filed by Heisei Healthcare Academy, a school corporation in Osaka City, against the government’s refusal to allow the establishment of a new Shiatsu training facility for the visually impaired.
Japan’s Robotics Market for Medical Purposes Booming amid Pandemic
Japan’s robotics market is booming thanks to the need to avoid in-person contact amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mudslides in Japan deprive disabled people of a place to work
The mudslide disaster in the Izusan area of Atami City has deprived disabled people of a place to live. The Shinzo Megumikai Community Workshop in Izusan survived the disaster, but its premises have been closed to the public.
Barrier Free Japan’s vaccine appointment has been cancelled due to lack of supply
Barrier Free Japan’s vaccine appointment in Kobe has been cancelled due to lack of supply of the vaccine.
Junior High School Girl Sues Kitakyushu Welfare Agency for Misdiagnosing Hearing Loss as Intellectual Disability
A 13-year-old junior high school girl with a hearing impairment in Kitakyushu City was mistakenly diagnosed with intellectual disability in her childhood without undergoing proper examination at the Municipal General Rehabilitation Center, and it took about seven and a half years until she was actually found to be deaf.
Hokkaido’s Labour Bureau announces that employment rate for persons with disabilities in 2020 “lowest in the last 10 years”
The Hokkaido Labor Bureau announced that the employment rate of persons with disabilities through Hello Work in Hokkaido was 41.5% last year, the lowest in the last 10 years. Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the number of job offers from companies is decreasing.
Employment of people with disabilities in Saga prefecture falls by 10.2%, first decrease in 12 years
The number of employment of persons with disabilities in FY2020 through Hello Work in Saga Prefecture was 902, a decrease of 10.2% from the previous year, the first decrease in 12 years
Record 221 Japanese para-athletes qualify for Tokyo Games
221 athletes have been selected to represent Japan at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, surpassing the 163 who competed at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens.
New care facility built in Kanagawa five years after nineteen disabled people were killed in July 2016
The prefectural government of Kanagawa, eastern Japan, held a ceremony on Sunday to open a new facility for disabled people that replaces Tsukui Yamayuri-en, where 45 people were killed or injured in a rampage nearly five years ago.
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