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by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 25, 2023 1

Documentary ‘On The Way Home’ alleges prejudice by police towards people with intellectual disabilities in Japan

At approximately 6PM on September 25th, 2007, 25-year-old Kenta Yasunaga was cycling home from a workshop he regularly attended in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, when police officers attempted to stop him, believing him to be acting suspiciously. However, Kenta Yasunaga had difficulties in communicating due to his autism. Five officers seized him as he fiercely resisted and moaned in distress. His hands were cuffed behind his back, and he soon fell unconscious. Kenta Yasunaga would later die at the hospital to which he was taken and his cause of death was found to be acute cardiac arrest.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 16, 2023 0

Crime Disability Japan

Nagoya disability support facility employee allegedly stole ATM card from male client, withdrawing 1.3 million yen

A staff member at an employment support facility for people with disabilities in Nagoya was arrested on suspicion of theft and other offences for stealing the cash card of a male user of the facility, handing it to another user of the facility, and forced him to withdraw approximately 1.3 million yen in cash from an ATM.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 14, 2023 0

Assisted Dying Crime Japan

“I didn’t kill my husband” Mother of ALS patient contract killer and former doctor pleads not guilty

On 13th February, the Kyoto District Court held the first trial of Junko Yamamoto’s mother, 78, who was accused of conspiring with her son, former doctor Naoki Yamamoto, 45, and others to kill her husband in 2011, a crime for which he received 13 years in prison. Junko said: ‘I did not kill my husband and I did not conspire with him. I am not guilty” and denied the indictment.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 8, 2023 2

ALS Assisted Dying Crime Disability Japan

Kyoto District Court Sentences Doctor Accused of Euthanizing ALS Patient to 13 Years for Killing Father

According to the verdict, Yamamoto conspired with his mother, 78, and fellow doctor Yoshikazu Okubo, 44, to kill his father, Yasushi, then 77, by unknown means in a Tokyo apartment in March 2011.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 14, 2023 0

Blind Crime Japan Podcast Travel

Disability News Japan Podcast: Male East Japan Railway Staff Attendant Sexually Harassed Visually Impaired Woman

Over a period of more than three months, a male JR station attendant in Tokyo repeatedly made sexual comments such as “Are your breasts heavy?” to a visually impaired woman who asked him to guide her. JR East is considering disciplinary action against the station staff member.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt November 25, 2022 1

Crime Day Care Service Japan

Suspended sentences for day care workers over heatstroke death of boy left on bus in Japan

Suspended prison sentences handed to the former head of a day care facility in southwestern Japan and a fellow staff member over the heatstroke death of a 5-year-old boy who was left alone in a bus in July 2021 have been finalized, the Fukuoka District Court has told the Mainichi Shimbun.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt November 19, 2022 0

Assassination of Shinzo Abe Crime Japan Mental Health

Abe Shooter’s Psychiatric Evaluation Shortened to January

The psychiatric evaluation for the man accused of fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shortened to end on Jan. 10 next year, a lawyer for the man said Friday.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt November 18, 2022 0

Assassination of Shinzo Abe Crime Disability Japan Mental Health

Japan prosecutors to extend suspected Abe killer’s psychiatric evaluation

Japanese prosecutors will extend the psychiatric evaluation of the man suspected of shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt November 8, 2022 0

Care Children Crime Disability Japan

Sakai City files fraud allegations against former director of facility for children with disabilities

A former director of a company that operated a facility for children with disabilities was accused of defrauding the city of Sakai in Osaka of more than 78 million yen in benefits by making a false application. A complaint was filed.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt November 4, 2022 2

Crime Disability Japan

Kanagawa man, 81, accused of pushing wife in wheelchair into sea, killing her

He said his wife, Teruko, lost the ability to move her legs more than four decades ago, and that he was “tired” of taking care of her, according to police.