“The government must create an environment in which disabled people can work stably without overexerting themselves by tailoring work duties and working hours to suit their individual characteristics. It is important to learn from good examples in the private sector and expand the range of places where disabled people can demonstrate their abilities while working.”
“On the 24th October, the National Personnel Authority announced that in February 2019 the central government ministry will increase the number of employment for persons with disabilities, the National Personnel Authority will conduct a unified screening examination for national public servants targeted at persons with disabilities for the first time in February next year. It is expected that hundreds of disabled people will be hired across ministries and agencies.”
“ “The probe is superficial,” said Katsunori Fujii, head of the Japan Council on Disability. “It failed to answer questions about problems the panel itself raised — the low level of interest in hiring people with disabilities, and the weak awareness about the ideals of the law.”
“Ministries and agencies “arbitrarily interpreted” guidelines for employing disabled people and counted people who were retired or even dead among their numbers in an attempt to meet legal quotas”
Reported on NHK News 7 on October 22nd 2018
“The Japanese government is expected to conduct its first unified employment examination targeting disabled people next January or February, in an effort to raise the proportion of workers with disabilities to 2.5 percent, the legally required level for central government bodies, by the end of fiscal 2019, informed sources said.”
“A total of 109 hearing-impaired people were forced to undergo 127 cases of sterilization operations or abortions under a postwar eugenics law, according to an ongoing investigation by the Japanese Federation of the Deaf (JFD).”
“Posters using the phrase “Disability is just an excuse, only I am weak if I lose” were removed the walls of JR Tokyo station on October 15th following criticisms from disability groups.”
“A new report shows financial assets of people with senile dementia in Japan have topped 143 trillion yen, or over 1.27 trillion dollars, as of March this year.”
“There is a shortage of support workers or ‘helpers’ for disabled people in Japan.”
Barrier Free Japan