PM Abe Encourages Reiwa Shinsengumi Disabled Lawmaker Funago
“Funago, a member of opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi, has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. He and Abe have known each other for 16 years.”
Author: Michael Gillan Peckitt
UK & CP born, living in Japan, blogging about disability
Tokyo man arrested for abducting intellectually disabled woman and committing obscene acts
“The suspect is reported to have said, “I thought that a child with intellectual disabilities would come home,” “I can no longer control my feelings about her.””
Sapporo caregiver arrested for alleged injury to resident at disability support facility
“According to the police, at 7:40 pm on August 28, the suspect held and dragged both legs of a 30-year-old man in the facility, bruising and scratching his knees.”
“I strangled my son,” father of disabled son admits at Nagoya District Court
“According to officials, the eldest son had a disability, and the defendant stated at the investigation stage that he “worried about his son’s future”.”
Disability group claims Olympic and Paralympic ticket vendors inaccessible to the blind, violating Organizing Committee Guidelines
“The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee for 2010 did not create Braille materials explaining how to purchase tickets for the tournament or a CD that provides necessary information by voice. A disability organization argues that it is “in violation of the guidelines for ‘barrier-free’ set by the organizing committee.” ”
Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology seeks review of Pre-Implantation Diagnosis System
“It has so far approved pre-implantation diagnosis, in which genes and chromosomes of eggs fertilized in vitro are examined, for limited cases including serious genetic disorders, due to criticism that the method could lead to the selection of life.”
Osaka Prefecture to follow Tokyo’s example to make hotels ‘barrier free’ for 2025 Expo
“According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, this is approach is following the example set by Tokyo, which is preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The policy is to make more detailed regulations that affect the city, such as making public facilities barrier-free.”
Tokyo ordinance to boost barrier-free hotel rooms ahead of Paralympics comes into effect
“It stipulates that standard rooms in hotels and lodgings with renovated, newly or additionally constructed floor space of over 1,000 square meters must provide doorways at least 80 centimeters wide and bathroom entrances that are a minimum 70 cm wide.”
How much progress has been made in efforts to create inclusive society? [Yomiuri Editorial]
“…it is difficult to say that there has been sufficient consideration from the viewpoint of the disabled.”
Eiko Kimura, Diet member and disabled person [Tokyo Shimbun Interview]
“Eiko Kimura, a disabled person who was recently elected to the Japanese parliament’s Upper House was interviewed by The Tokyo Shimbun. Eiko Kimura was born in Yokohama. At the age of eight months, she fell from the entrance and became disabled. After graduating from school, he started living alone in Kunitachi, Tokyo at the age of 19. Kimura established the “Independence Station Tsubasa”, in Tama City, in 1994 to support the independence of persons with disabilities and she is the secretary-general of the organization.”
Barrier Free Japan 