“Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe instructed relevant cabinet ministers on Tuesday to accelerate work toward introducing a “limited” driver’s license that will allow holders to drive only vehicles with safety support functions.”
“There are universal design (UD) taxis in Japan which wheelchair users can use but often the driver refuses disabled people. The organization “DPI Japan” will conduct a survey to investigate such refusals in different areas of Japan. The DPI aims to improve the situation before many wheelchair users from overseas visit Japan for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.”
“The Miyagi Prefecture hospital still has no running water and is unable to use its X-ray imaging equipment and magnetic resonance imaging machines.”
“[A]s of October 27th, neither ‘Japan Foward’ – the online English language version of The Sankei Shimbun or ‘The Japan News’ – a print &! online edition of The Yomiuri Shimbun, has not translated this story for native readers of English. The Asahi Shinbun and The Mainichi Shimbun has not reported the story either in Japanese or English, as of October 27th.”
“Nagoya city has a policy not to install an elevator in the new castle tower, and will use the model to demonstrate the barrier-free measures provided by the new technology.”
“The 40-year-old male teacher assaulted a male student with a disability saying, “Don’t you think that you are disabled?””
“The Osaka Prefectural Education Agency announced on the 23rd that a 40-year-old male teacher at the special support school violated a boy in a junior high school,”
“On a website, NHK reported that “We want to reduce the “difficulty of life” of people with developmental disabilities and create a society where everyone can demonstrate their personality.” ”
“[T]he Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare established an expert review meeting to grasp the actual situation and take measures, and held the first meeting on October 21st.”
“A Japanese government’s white paper pointed to a need to improve work environments to reduce stress on workers.”
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