Category: Crime

Crime Disability Discrimination Japan Media

Newspaper deletes articles and apologizes for suggesting ‘Shinkansen stabber’ is autistic

“The Mainichi Shimbun reported the from uncle of the suspect in about the case of killing of 3 people on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line, and the headline “is the suspect autistic?” was used In this expression, giving the impression that the autism is the cause of the crime successively, the Mainichi Newspaper corrected the headline and apologized on 11th.”

Crime Disability Japan Sexual abuse Welfare

Intellectually disabled woman in Nagano awarded damages for sexual abuse at care facility

“A 20-year-old woman in Nagano prefecture with an intellectual disability sued a facility on the grounds of sexual abuse from a male staff member. A judgment was made requiring damages of about 12 million yen against the administrative institution in Shiojiri City with the authority to investigate and supervise the corporation, the prefecture, to held at Matsumoto district court on Thursday.”

Crime Disability Japan Welfare

Osaka police investigate for negligence as woman in care home dies after being burned whilst bathing

“The social welfare corporation that operates the facility “Japan Helen Keller Foundation” explained that the woman was trying to take a bath and her balance broke down when she put one foot on the bathtub and the other foot went into the bathtub. The temperature was set at 70-80 degrees, the woman was reported to be burned to 60% of the her body.”

Crime Disability Japan Welfare

Wakayama Prefectural Police arrest a welfare facility employee on suspicion of ‘forced indecency’ of intellectually disabled woman

“Wakayama Prefectural Police at Hashimoto Police Station arrested an employee of a welfare facility for the disabled in the city. The suspect worked at a welfare institution in the same prefecture, and was arrested on suspicion of forced indecently against a woman with intellectual disability at a welfare facility. “