“Japan’s Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Wednesday that 17 of 44 government entities saw their numbers of workers with disabilities fall short of necessary levels as of June 1 this year.”
“Hiroko Nomura (64), who operates a support facility for children and students who need developmental support in the city, says that Sanda City had allowed a “secondary disability”, in which the disability becomes serious depending on the surrounding environment to develop.”
“”I want to make use of my experience in politics to realize a society that can live a life with dignity and enjoyment regardless of disability or illness.” By listening to the voices of various persons with disabilities and disseminating them at the Diet, he expressed his willingness to change to the policy for persons with disabilities that can realize “reasonable consideration” from the standpoint of the parties.”
A Kobe City based NPO draws on input from physically disabled people to develop new assist technologies.
“In the test on Sunday evening, 75 buses left the site of the athletes’ village in Tokyo’s Chuo ward one by one for the journey of about 20 kilometers via the Shuto Expressway in central Tokyo.”
“The government’s earthquake research headquarters has redesigned the national earthquake prediction map in attempt to make it easier for people with color blindness; a condition that affects approximately three million people in Japan, to understand.”
“NHK has been making a series of animation or ‘anime’ videos to highlight the Paralympics. This one, first put online in June 2019, is about a vision impaired young woman who goes renews her love of Judo.”
“Applications can be made on an official website, after registering personal information, until 11:59 a.m. on Sept. 9 (2:59 a.m. GMT). The results will be announced on Oct. 2.”
“While Japan targets seventh place or better in next year’s Paralympic medal table, para sports organizers believe it is unlikely Japan will be able to pull off the kind of long-term growth former hosts China and Britain have enjoyed.”
“On August 22nd, the Oita District Court ruled in a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs, were seeking damages totaling approximately 53.64 million yen. The case concerned an incident that occurred in 2014, when an unemployed man with an intellectual disability aged 42 and the caretaker managing the apartment where he lived, who was aged 62, both died following an altercation.”
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