A workshop was held to learn what kind of consideration police officers need to consider when asking people with intellectual disabilities to cooperate in the investigation.
A woman with a mild intellectual disability on trial for the charge of abandoning a dead baby that she gave birth to in a pit latrine has brought into question how much sex education and support people with disabilities receive.
“On the day of 24-hour TV, I will release sarin at the Budokan and kill a lot of people with disabilities.”
The Kyoto District Public Prosecutors Office on Thursday indicted two doctors for allegedly killing a woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an intractable disease, at the victim’s request.
A man accused of indecency, violation of prefectural nuisance prevention ordinances and invasion of a residence, for alleged repeated indecent actions such as showing his naked and touching the body against multiple women with intellectual disabilities was sentenced on July 17th.
On July 8th, the Fukuoka Prefectural Police Department arrested a man, aged 27 on suspicion of stealing, saying that he had shoplifted using an acquaintance who had intellectual disabilities.
A man was served with a fresh arrest warrant on June 10 on suspicion of secretly filming visually impaired women in their houses in the capital, police said.
The suspect, aged 42, who suffered severe burns all over his body during the attack, was carried into the courtroom on a stretcher.
Japan’s Supreme Court on Friday backed a district court’s approval of the detention of a severely injured suspect for the deadly arson attack last year at a studio of Kyoto Animation Co., also known as KyoAni by anime fans.
An employee of a disability support facility in Naka City, Ibaraki Prefecture, was arrested for assaulting a junior high school boy who attended the facility.
