JR京都のバリアフリートイレは永久に「使えない」らしい
JR京都駅の「バリアフリー・トイレ」のひとつが、何週間も「故障中」もしくは「使用不可」になっている。
障がい者や子ども連れの人たちがJR京都駅のトイレを利用できる日は来るのだろうか？何週間も「故障中」（人々が散らかしすぎたり、喫煙やその他の行為に使用したりするため、より正確には「閉鎖中」なのかもしれない）なのだ。
Category: Barrier Free
JR Kyoto’s Seemingly Permanently ‘Out of Order’ ‘Accessible Toilet’
Will people with disabilities and people with children ever get to use the facilities or go to the toilet in JR Kyoto Station ever again? It has been ‘out of order’ (one might suspect more accurately ‘closed’ because people make too much mess, use it to smoke et cetera) for weeks.
Disability News Japan Podcast: Citizens Debate Held Over Restoration of Nagoya Castle and Discriminatory Remarks Towards Disabled
On December 18th, the Nagoya City Citizen Debate Committee held its fourth meeting on the issue of discriminatory comments made against disabled people during a citizens’ debate on the Nagoya Castle wooden restoration project. The city presented a draft of the interim report, which it aims to publish by the end of the year, and the committee members expressed their opinions. The meeting was closed to the public.
Citizens Debate Held Regarding Restoration of Nagoya Castle and Discriminatory Remarks Against Disabled
On December 18th, the Nagoya City Citizen Debate Committee held its fourth meeting on the issue of discriminatory comments made against disabled people during a citizens’ debate on the Nagoya Castle wooden restoration project. The city presented a draft of the interim report, which it aims to publish by the end of the year, and the committee members expressed their opinions. The meeting was closed to the public.
Disability News Japan Podcast: Disabled Man Awarded Damages Over Online Hate Speech
The Maebashi District Court has ordered a man who made a post on an anonymous bulletin board on the Internet to pay 960,000 Yen in damages to a man with severe disabilities.
Disability News Japan Podcast: Tokyo Lawyers Offer Free Telephone Consultations During ‘Disabled Persons Week’
To coincide with Disabled Persons Week, which started on the 3rd of this month, the “Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities 110 Hotline” is being held, where lawyers provide free consultations for people with disabilities and their families. Every year, the three bar associations in Tokyo hold consultation sessions during Disability Week, where lawyers provide free consultations to people with disabilities and their families by phone or fax.
‘Disabled Persons Week’ in Barrier Free Japan’s Corner of Kobe
Approximately 9,000 people with disabilities live in Nada Ward, Kobe City. Many people working in general employment. On the other hand, in Nada Ward, there are 17 facilities of varying sizes for people with disabilities, and some people attend these facilities. In these day care facilities, people with disabilities perform various tasks as part of their activities. Some businesses make full-fledged cookies and cakes, others hold Taishogoto concerts every year, and others make felt works, provide cleaning services, create art works, Saori weaving, grow vegetables, and more.They work creatively. After the cost of sales of the completed self-made product is deducted, the remaining amount is used as wages for the person with the disability.
Awareness Raising Activities Held at JR Toyama Station for ‘Disabled Persons Week’
At Toyama Station on the morning of December 4th, members of prefectural organizations for people with disabilities and prefectural employees handed out pocket tissues for awareness and called for understanding among station users.
Dreamnight program enables disabled children to enjoy visits to zoos in Japan
Creating a fun haven for children with disabilities hoping to see wildlife is a global effort that has lasted over a quarter century.
And it is spreading widely among Japanese zoos, albeit normally as a one-day event as they embrace the twilight by opening their gates at night or reserving entire days exclusively for those with special needs and their families.
Disability News Japan Podcast: Do Disabled Tokyoites Want a ‘Heart to Heart Handshake’?
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government website ‘Heart-to-Heart Handshake’, a “slogan suitable for Disabled Persons Week was chosen through a public contest, and the poster was selected from among the works selected for the 38th Tokyo Comprehensive Art Exhibition for Persons with Disabilities.”
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