“The group marched through the Kobe Motomachi shopping street, often chanting phrases such as ‘disabled people are not unhappy’, possibly a reference to the accused in the Sagamihara killings, Satoshi Uematsu asserting that ‘disabled people can only cause misery.’”
“Dangerous incidents included a drunken passenger who tripped, a person being hit by a falling suitcase and someone’s clothing getting stuck in the escalator.”
““Akerareta Pandora no Hako” (Pandora’s box opened) was published by Tsukuru Publishing Co. ahead of the second anniversary of the attack at a facility for disabled people in Kanagawa Prefecture.”
“NHK aired two documentaries on Saturday 21st July 2018, one on NHK G, it’s main channel at 9pm about Sagamihara, and one on its documentary channel, NHK E at 11pm about forced sterilization.”
“Kazuki Kagasaki (6) and his parents want Kazuki; who has a disability, to go to a school in Kawasaki city, Kanagawa prefecture, but found it was illegal to designate the school as a ‘special support school’, a status that would allow Kazuki to attend.”
“The tourism ministry will step up efforts to make the nation’s airports more accessible for disabled people ahead of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it has been learned.”
Japan Environment Ministry “… found that the indication of the “heat index” color-coded on the map was difficult to distinguish for people with color vision disorders.”
“Under the new rules, hotels with 201 to 300 rooms, for example, would have to have three or more rooms accessible to wheelchair users.”
“According to the summary of the Cabinet Office as of April 17, the number of municipalities that formulated response procedures was 64.3%, while the number of councils was only 41.4%.”
“We wanted him to return alive. Kyohei Yamaguchi (20) of Imari city, Saga Prefecture, who went missing as a result of the heavy rain that struck West Japan, was near a disabled residential facility and his body was discovered on the coast, downstream, two days later. Kyohei was heavily autistic and loved the water. In the heavy rain, it seems that he was the only one entered the muddy stream to go to see the river. His parents trembled, “He was a treasure of our family.” ”
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