“Mr. Ono (74) spoke about the incident, he said: “It was a year and a half since the accident, which is not as good as before the incident, but my son has become quite relaxed and relieved.” ”
“Satoshi Uematsu, awaiting trial for the 2016 deadly attack on a facility for the mentally disabled in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, has told Jiji Press that he planned to assault another such facility in the same prefecture on the same day.”
“A former care worker on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges of killing three residents at a nursing home for the elderly in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, by throwing them off the facility’s balconies.”
“The advocates defending the suspect, Satoshi Uematsu in killings at a care home for the intellectually disabled in Sagamihara City requests further investigations into the suspects mental health.”
“One Sunday in the Omotesando district of Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward, Katsunobu Machida, a 66-year-old dementia patient, was looking at a painting with his wife.
“It looks like a midday moon,” said Machida, referring to the painting.”
“Thousands of people with hereditary diseases, mental illnesses and intellectual disabilities were sterilized across Japan between 1949 and 1992 under the Eugenic Protection Law aimed at “preventing the birth of inferior offspring.””
“Opportunities for blind or visually impaired people in Japan to appreciate art are on the rise thanks to the increased use of audio descriptions, tactile methods and simple human dialogue.”
“Kesennuma municipal hospital (Akaiwasuginosawa city) which relocated to a new site in October last year created a parking lot for disabled people and specifically wheelchair users “
“At 84 years Japan has one of the highest life expectancies in the world whereas Nigeria has one of the lowest at 53 years”
“The boardinghouse, founded in September 2010, aims to improve the quality of life of seriously ill people, especially children with severe disabilities, by providing support to them and their families.”
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