A study session was held in Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture, on November 9th to discuss how to prevent sexual victimization of people with disabilities.
Kumiko Fujiwara, a visually impaired woman and representative of an organization of women with disabilities, gave a lecture.
Incidents with people using wheelchairs, especially elderly people using wheelchairs, seem to be reported more often in Japan.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced in a press release on November 7th that it will “will carry out various initiatives in conjunction with ‘Disabled Persons Week’ from December 3rd to 9th in order to give Tokyo residents an opportunity to learn about and think about disabilities and people with disabilities.”.
According to the police and fire department, a wheelchair and an express train collided at Hanshin Electric Railway’s Mukogawa Station around 5:50PM p.m. on November 7th. A Wheelchair user was transported due to collision between Amagasaki and Koshien, operation suspended.
Barrier Free Japan has been searching the internet to find out whether the film “Moon”, in which part of the story is modelled on the Sagamihara Massacre. This trailer for ‘Moon’ with English subtitles is from the ‘Free Stone Productions’ website.
According to the Kanagawa Prefectural Disability Services Division, the employee said that he was on his way to take another resident for a medical checkup when the resident spoke to him repeatedly, and that he assaulted the resident because he was in a hurry and his medical checkup time was approaching.
According to the Kanagawa Prefectural Disability Services Division, the employee said that he was on his way to take another resident for a medical checkup when the resident spoke to him repeatedly, and that he assaulted the resident because he was in a hurry and his medical checkup time was approaching.
A 37-year-old employee at a prefectural support facility for people with disabilities in Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a male user, causing serious injuries that left his leg cracked.
According to the police, at around 2:20 p.m. on November 2nd, a 29-year-old male user was pushed to the ground in the hallway of the facility, causing serious injuries that included a crack in the thigh bone of his right leg.
A 37-year-old employee at a prefectural support facility for people with disabilities in Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a male user, causing serious injuries that left his leg cracked.
The Japanese Supreme Court’s First Petty Bench decided Wednesday to have the top court’s Grand Bench issue a unified ruling on five damages lawsuits filed by forced sterilization victims under the now-defunct eugenic protection law.
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