Category: 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake

by Michael Gillan Peckitt May 13, 2024 Number of comments0
2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Disability Disasters Earthquake Elderly Japan

As society ages, Japan faces challenge in helping vulnerable people in disasters [Mainichi Shimbun Editorial]

How can we support the lives of elderly evacuees in disaster-affected areas? This is a challenge that Japan faces as a whole as its population ages.

Four months have passed since the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in central Japan. In the Okunoto region that was hit directly by the quake, close to half of the residents are seniors. Elderly care facilities that have supported the welfare of local residents also sustained major damage.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 27, 2024 Number of comments0
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Quake evacuees with mental disabilities have few places to go

Residents with mental and intellectual disabilities have faced difficulties finding and staying at evacuation centers in disaster-hit areas of Ishikawa Prefecture.

The shelters are not equipped to provide the special needs of these quake victims, and other evacuees have complained about their new disabled neighbors.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 2, 2024 Number of comments0
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Japan Govt to Increase Financial Aid to Noto Earthquake Victims; Help Aimed at Households with Elderly or Disabled Members

The Japanese government will create a new program in which financial assistance of up to ¥3 million will be provided to households with elderly or disabled members in six municipalities in the northern Noto Peninsula, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday.

The program is aimed to help residents of the disaster-hit area, which has a large elderly population, rebuild their lives.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 1, 2024 Number of comments0
2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Care Disability Japan Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: One Month After Noto Peninsula Quake, Ishikawa Disabled Facility Users, Families and Carers Moved to Aichi

On January 30th, users of a facility for the disabled in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, which was hit by the Noto Peninsula earthquake, and their families evacuated to a facility in Aichi Prefecture, together with the staff who had been supporting them.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 1, 2024 1
2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Care Disability Japan

Users and Families of Wajima City Facility for Disabled Evacuated to Aichi Prefecture

On January 30th, users of a facility for the disabled in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, which was hit by the Noto Peninsula earthquake, and their families evacuated to a facility in Aichi Prefecture, together with the staff who had been supporting them.

A total of 19 people, including users and family members of a facility for people with disabilities run by the social welfare corporation Kowa-kai in Wajima City, as well as support staff, moved from Hakui, Ishikawa Prefecture, where they had been staying temporarily since the earthquake, to a facility in Aichi Prefecture on January 30th.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 30, 2024 Number of comments0
2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Disability Elderly Japan Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: Almost One Month After Quake in Japan, Vulnerable People Struggle [NHK News Report, Audio in English]

The audio is from a NHK G TV programme broadcast at 7PM on Tuesday 30th January 2024. It reports that vulnerable people, such as the elderly and those with disabilities, continue to struggle after the earthquake that hit Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan on January 1st 2024.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 27, 2024 Number of comments0
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Disability News Japan Podcast: Japan’s Politicians with Disabilities Meet to Discuss Quake Response

A meeting of a national organization made up of local politicians with disabilities was held in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture on January 15th, and the plan was to provide extensive support to people with disabilities in anticipation of a prolonged evacuation period following the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 23, 2024 Number of comments0
2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Disability Education Elderly Japan Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: Disabled in Ishikawa Turn Down Secondary Evacuation, Education Ministry Reports on Disabled Students

More on why some elderly and people with disabilities are reluctant to take the ‘secondary evacuation’ option and Japan’s Education Ministry drafts a report on how to accommodate the increasing number of people with disabilities attending universities in Japan.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 22, 2024 Number of comments0
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Disability News Japan Podcast: In Quake-Affected Areas, Needing the Familiar, Some Residents of Facilities for Disabled Turn Down ‘Secondary Evacuation’ Option

NHK reported on its TV programme ‘News Watch 9’ on January 22nd that four ‘Group Homes’ and facilities for people with disabilities in Ishikawa Prefecture decided not to take the ‘secondary evacuation’ option, out of a concern that a change of environment might be disruptive to their mental health.