Category: Abuse

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 18, 2024 1
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Osaka Group Home for Disabled Manager Admits to Sexually Abusing, Photographing Two Intellectually Disabled Women

A man who ran a group home for people with disabilities admitted to habitually sexually abusing two women who stayed there, also filming obscene scenes with a smartphone. In court, he repeatedly stated that “it was his own weakness that led him to commit the crime.” The prosecution denounced the crime as “treating the victims as an outlet for sexual desire and severely violating their personalities,” and sought a 10-year prison sentence.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt July 9, 2024 Number of comments0
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun Podcast #41: Kyoto men accused of forcing disabled person into washing machine

Kyoto police arrested two men on Thursday for allegedly forcing a disabled coworker into an industrial washing machine and turning it on, injuring him. On March 26 at around 2:30 p.m, the two suspects reportedly told their coworker, a 50-year-old man with an intellectual disability, “You stink! Get in the washing machine.”
They allegedly proceeded to force him into the machine and turn it on, resulting in injuries that required two weeks to heal. The victim sought medical attention a few days after the incident. The doctor who treated him noticed bruises and other injuries all over his body and reported the case to the police.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt July 7, 2024 Number of comments0
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Only 8% of religious group followers’ children back government remedy steps

Only 8 percent of “second-generation” members of religious groups such as the Unification Church in Japan feel the government’s measures to protect them, which include banning maliciously solicited donations, are sufficient, a Kyodo News survey showed Saturday.

Their plight has garnered attention since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on July 8, 2022, by a man claiming to hold a grudge against the controversial group due to his mother making financially ruinous donations to them.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt June 27, 2024 1
Abuse Care Disability Japan Megumi Corporation

Japan’s Welfare Ministry Confirms it Will Apply Collective Liability to ‘Megumi’ Operator of Homes for Disabled

Japan’s welfare ministry said Wednesday that it has decided to apply a collective responsibility system to Megumi Co. under a related law over irregularities including overcharging, banning renewals of service provider designations for all of its group homes for disabled people.

The ministry notified the company and local governments concerned of the decision. The punitive action was based on the comprehensive law on support for disabled people and the decision was made to apply the joint liability system in the belief that there was organized involvement in irregularities committed by the group home operator, such as service fee overcharging.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt June 26, 2024 Number of comments0
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About 100 “Megumi” facilities for the disabled nationwide unable to operate; joint liability system to be applied

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to apply the “joint liability system” based on the Comprehensive Support for Persons with Disabilities Act to Megumi (headquartered in Minato Ward, Tokyo), which operates a group home (GH) for the disabled. If the joint liability system is applied, other GHs across the country will not be allowed to renew their designations every six years, and will effectively be unable to operate their facilities. Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya City are expected to cancel the business operator designation of five GHs in the prefecture operated by the company on the 26th, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is expected to apply the associative responsibility system on the same day.

According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, there is no precedent for the joint liability system being applied to a corporation that operates a disability welfare service facility on the company’s scale, and it is possible that up to about 2,000 users will be affected.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt May 9, 2024 Number of comments0
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun Podcast #25: Fukuoka Prefecture Hospital says sorry for male staff sexually abusing patients, no further action taken

The president of National Hospital Organization Omuta National Hospital apologized on May 2 after confirming that male employees sexually abused patients who have severe mental and physical disabilities. The hospital has not taken any administrative action against the five employees who are suspected of abuse. The employees abused patients by stimulating their pubic areas while they were sleeping or being assisted in the bath, and touching female patients’ breasts.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt May 4, 2024 1
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Fukuoka Prefecture Hospital says sorry for male staff sexually abusing patients, no further action taken

The president of National Hospital Organization Omuta National Hospital apologized on May 2 after confirming that male employees sexually abused patients who have severe mental and physical disabilities.

The hospital has not taken any administrative action against the five employees who are suspected of abuse.

The employees abused patients by stimulating their pubic areas while they were sleeping or being assisted in the bath, and touching female patients’ breasts.