Starbucks to open 1st sign language store in Japan
Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. said Wednesday it will open its first store in the country with sign language ability for hearing impaired customers.
Category: Disability
Japan’s top medical group to admit responsibility, apologize over forced sterilization
The Japanese Medical Science Federation is set to admit the responsibility of medical scientists and academic associations over forced sterilization surgeries that were carried out in Japan based on the now-defunct eugenics protection law (1948-1996), and is poised to apologize to victims, it has been learned.
Despite ending of state of emergency, care facilities for disabled suffer from lower revenues
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus many home-care facilities that offer helpers to people with disabilities who have difficulties going out by themselves are suffering from lower revenues.
One year after election, Japanese lawmaker Eiko Kimura, who has a disability, writes about her activities in office
Eiko Kimura was elected in the July 2019 to the upper house of Japan’s as a member of the Reiwa Shinsengumi Party. Councillor Kimura has cerebral palsy.
Japanese man with ADHD designs easy-access backpack for workers
Inspired by the hope that he might help even one person to stop losing important documents at work, a Tokyo resident with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has set about selling a bag with multiple functions that people like him can easily use.
Amid COVID-19 crisis in Japan, an investigation into abuse of disabled people at a care home and site of mass murder is dismissed
As the COVID-19 crisis continues, the investigation into abuse of people with disabilities at a facility in Kanagawa prefecture is about to be dismissed. New suspicions of abuse emerged last autumn regarding the “Tsukui Yamayurien” facility in Sagamihara City, in Kanagawa Prefecture, which became a stage of mass murder four years ago. The prefecture suddenly announced on May 18 that it would stop verifying cases of abuse, and some are skeptical.
Mitsubishi Motors Employee’s Suicide Recognized as Work-Related Death
A labor standards inspection office in Tokyo determined on May 28 that the 47-year-old male employee’s death was due to a mental health problem he developed as a result of the overwork, lawyer Hiroshi Kawahito said at a press conference.
What is a ‘Barrier Free Mind’?
The government newly presented measures for not only hard aspects but also soft aspects with the revision of the law for 18 years, and announced the promotion of “barrier-free mind”. It encourages municipalities to create and provide barrier-free maps that show the location of slopes and toilets for people with disabilities in the city, and requests business operators to train staff.
Japan holding its horses for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Japan has fielded a Para equestrian squad at every Paralympics since Sydney 2000. But Tokyo 2020 was set to be special, with high expectations of medalling for the first time and on their home soil.
Nagasaki group to donate unwanted ‘Abe masks’ to disability facilities
A group of women in Higashisonogawa, Kawatana “Wahaha de Mina” (representative Naoko Fujita) has called on people to donate unwanted cloth masks distributed by the government to all households to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection. For up to 30 days, collection boxes will be installed at convenience stores in the town. The collected masks are handed over to the disabled facilities in the town.
