“The advocates defending the suspect, Satoshi Uematsu in killings at a care home for the intellectually disabled in Sagamihara City requests further investigations into the suspects mental health.”
“One Sunday in the Omotesando district of Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward, Katsunobu Machida, a 66-year-old dementia patient, was looking at a painting with his wife.
“It looks like a midday moon,” said Machida, referring to the painting.”
“Thousands of people with hereditary diseases, mental illnesses and intellectual disabilities were sterilized across Japan between 1949 and 1992 under the Eugenic Protection Law aimed at “preventing the birth of inferior offspring.””
“Opportunities for blind or visually impaired people in Japan to appreciate art are on the rise thanks to the increased use of audio descriptions, tactile methods and simple human dialogue.”
“Kesennuma municipal hospital (Akaiwasuginosawa city) which relocated to a new site in October last year created a parking lot for disabled people and specifically wheelchair users “
“At 84 years Japan has one of the highest life expectancies in the world whereas Nigeria has one of the lowest at 53 years”
“The boardinghouse, founded in September 2010, aims to improve the quality of life of seriously ill people, especially children with severe disabilities, by providing support to them and their families.”
“As the Tokyo Paralympic Games will be held in two years, in a survey of the hotels and inns in Chiba prefecture was conducted and shows a negative attitude towards disabled people, with 30% places surveyed of the facility unsure how to accommodate disabled people.”
“40% said they did not know about raising the employment rate. 48% accounted for “not knowing” about the addition of mentally disabled persons to the subjects. Among the companies that do not know the expansion of the target, 71% were not hiring people with disabilities.”
“As a disabled foreigner living in Japan, I have experienced both sides of this paradox. It may seem bleak, but I do not find it so. And yet for myself, a British citizen with cerebral palsy in Japan, it is the liberating power of being a foreigner here that leaves the deepest impression on me.”
Barrier Free Japan