Sporting action began at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games on Friday, two days before the opening ceremony, as Japan hosts the event for the first time. Japan were beaten 1-0 by China in blind football, while in men’s wheelchair basketball, the host nation defeated China 76-38. Table tennis and badminton also got underway in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.
Hyogo Prefecture announced on October 15 that the spread of influenza in the prefecture had reached the advisory level for the first time this season. The average number of patients per designated medical institution during the week of October 5–11 was 10.15, an increase of 2.61 from the previous week (September 28–October 4). The number exceeded the advisory threshold of 10 patients per designated institution approximately three weeks earlier than last season.
Former Hakone Ekiden stage winner Yudai Shimazu will run for gold at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games after an eye disease prompted his move to para athletics. The 26-year-old, a two-time stage winner in Japan’s prestigious university relay race, holds the men’s T13 5,000-meter world record for athletes with visual impairments.
The 5th Asian Para Games will take place in Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, Japan, from October 18 to October 24, 2026. This marks the first time Japan has hosted the event.
A cross-party parliamentary group in Japan began hearing from experts on Oct. 13 as it steps up efforts to revise the Developmental Disabilities Support Act for the first time since 2016, with the aim of submitting an amendment bill during the 2027 ordinary Diet session. The proposed revision is expected to address a range of issues, including the definition of developmental disabilities, the participation of people with disabilities in decisions affecting them, the promotion of reasonable accommodation, and improvements to the functions of support centers and the training of specialist personnel.
Japan’s Hiromi Endo arrives at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games sitting second in the women’s boccia world rankings and looking to go one better than her runner-up finish at the recent world championships. Playing in the BC1 category for athletes with significant impairment of all four limbs and trunk, the 40-year-old emerged as Japan’s leading figure in boccia after the individual men’s and women’s events were adopted for the Tokyo Games in 2021.
ABC reported on October 13 that the city of Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, has announced that it will impose administrative sanctions on a group home for people with disabilities following reports of abuse against residents. The facility, Megumi Home, is operated by the nonprofit organization Yume ga Megumi. The administrative sanction involves the suspension of all designated service-provider status for three months.
Japan captain Ryo Kawamura has vowed to win men’s blind football gold at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games and avenge a loss to China in April’s Asian Championship final that denied his team an automatic berth at the Los Angeles Paralympics.
The workers had been told by an employment support provider, which arranges workplaces for disabled people through a scheme known as the “disability employment business”, that they would be participating in an 18-month programme. Some were so shocked by the news that they became unable to continue working.
The report focused greatly on expected labour shortages which are thought will become even more severe by 2040, the role that technology will play in the care sector in the future with a strong emphasis on boosting productivity through the adoption of technology, such as artificial intelligence. The report also notes that survey results showed that more than 70% of the public are concerned about future staff shortages in healthcare.
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