Category: Disability

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 13, 2025 Number of comments0
Cancer Disability Health Japan

Japan 10-Year Cancer Survival Rate at 54 Pct in Latest Survey

The 10-year survival rate of people diagnosed with cancer in Japan in 2012 came to 54.0 pct, up slightly from 53.5 pct for those diagnosed in 2011, the National Cancer Center said Thursday. By cancer type, the 10-year survival rate was 57.9 pct for stomach cancer, the most common cancer among the patients surveyed, and 58.1 pct and 32.6 pct, respectively, for bowel cancer and non-small cell lung cancer, the second and third most common types.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 13, 2025 Number of comments0
Disability Health Japan Organ Donation

Japan’s Health Ministry Introducing System to Assist with Organ Donations; Institutions Inexperienced in Brain-Dead Donations To Get Help

Japan’s Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry this year started rolling out an online system to enable about 70 institutions with minimal experience in the processes behind organ donations from brain-dead patients to connect with core medical institutions that have abundant experience.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 8, 2025 Number of comments0
Deaf Disability Hearing Impaired Japan

Osaka High Court finalizes full lost earnings ruling for deceased girl with disability

A Japanese high court has finalized a ruling recognizing that the estimated lost earnings of a girl with a hearing impairment who died in an accident should be considered at the same level as for people without disabilities. Ide Ayuka was 11 years old when she was fatally struck by a power shovel that ran onto a sidewalk in Osaka City in 2018. She had been attending a school for children with hearing impairments. The ruling was finalized as the driver and the company did not appeal by the Tuesday 4 February deadline.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 7, 2025 Number of comments0
Disability Eugenics Forced Sterilization Japan Podcast

Fear of Shaming May Cause Hesitancy in Making Compensation Claims for Japan’s 25,000 Forced Sterilization Victims [Podcast Episode]

Japan’s government says roughly 25,000 people are eligible for compensation as victims of forced sterilization or their bereaved relatives. It is believed that some of them may hesitate to apply due to fear of discrimination or may be unable to do so because of their disabilities.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 6, 2025 1
Disability Eugenics Forced Sterilization Japan

As Japan starts accepting compensation applications from roughly 25,000 eugenics victims, fear of discrimination and inability to apply to due impairment may cause hesitancy

Japan’s government says roughly 25,000 people are eligible for compensation as victims of forced sterilization or their bereaved relatives. It is believed that some of them may hesitate to apply due to fear of discrimination or may be unable to do so because of their disabilities.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 5, 2025 Number of comments0
Disability Education Intellectual disabilities Podcast SNS Social Media

Disabled student filmed in school toilet, serious bullying incident in Mie Prefecture [Podcast Episode]

It has been revealed that in October last year, a male student with a disability attending a special needs school in Mie Prefecture was filmed in a school toilet by two high school students and posted on social media, causing him to miss school for an extended period of time, and the school has determined that this constitutes a serious case of bullying. According to the Mie Prefectural Board of Education, in October last year, a male student with an intellectual disability (then 17) attending a special needs school, which is attached to a prefectural high school in the prefecture, was filmed in a shared toilet stall by two male high school students and posted on the social media site Instagram.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 4, 2025 Number of comments0
Barrier Free Disability Discrimination Employment Japan Welfare

Number of disabled people employed in Japan reaches record high, bias in work, criticism of “number-filling”

In the 2024 employment status of disabled people announced by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (as of June 1), the number of disabled people working in private companies has reached 677,461 (35,283 more than the previous year), the highest number ever for the 21st consecutive year. The actual employment rate also rose 0.08 points from the previous year to 2.41%, reaching a record high for the 13th consecutive year. However, only 46.0% of companies achieved the statutory employment rate (2.5%), a decrease of 4.1 points from the previous year.