Category: Disability

by Michael Gillan Peckitt April 15, 2024 1
Disability Japan Travel Wheelchair

Electric Wheelchair User Denied Boarding on Japan LCC ‘Peach’ Due to ‘Visible Battery’ Problem

On April 5th, a Taiwanese national with a physical disability attempted to board a Taiwan-bound flight of low-cost carrier (LCC) Peach Aviation (headquartered in Osaka Prefecture) at Naha Airport in Okinawa, but was denied boarding because the battery in their electric wheelchair was not visible from the outside. They complained that this was a discriminatory response, as airlines differ in their response to the issue of visual confirmation of batteries.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt April 13, 2024 Number of comments0
Disability Election Japan Politics

LDP Not to Endorse Disabled Author Ototake in Tokyo By-Election

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Friday that it will not give a recommendation on author Hirotada Ototake in the April 28 House of Representatives by-election in the Tokyo No. 15 constituency. The LDP, headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, was considering whether to support Ototake as a recommended candidate after giving up fielding its own candidate for the constituency.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt April 11, 2024 Number of comments0
Disability Japan Podcast Shog.A.I. Shimbun

The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #18: Disabled Author Hirotada Ototake to Run in Lower House Tokyo By-Election

Author of ‘No One’s Perfect’, Hirotada Ototake said on Monday April 8th that he will run as an independent in the April 28 House of Representatives by-election in the Tokyo No. 15 constituency with the backing of Tomin First no Kai or ‘Tokyoites First Party’, a political organization closely linked to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike that he serves as deputy leader. Ototake said that as one who has congenital tetra-amelia syndrome, he wants to “help people in need through the power of politics.”

by Michael Gillan Peckitt April 8, 2024 1
Disability Japan Politics

Disabled Japanese Author Hirotada Ototake to Run in Lower House By-Election

Author of ‘No One’s Perfect’, Hirotada Ototake said on Monday 8th that he will run as an independent in the April 28 House of Representatives by-election in the Tokyo No. 15 constituency with the backing of Tomin First no Kai or ‘Tokyoites First Party’, a political organization closely linked to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike that he serves as deputy leader. Ototake said that as one who has congenital tetra-amelia syndrome, he wants to “help people in need through the power of politics.”

by Michael Gillan Peckitt April 7, 2024 Number of comments0
COVID-19 Disability Elderly Japan Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Podcast Shog.A.I. Shimbun

The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #17: Prejudice Against Ex-Leprosy Patients in Japan & Other New Fiscal Year News

A disability news-related digest from the first few days of April 2024 in Japan, the beginning of the fiscal year. Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. says that water leaked “into ‘beni-koji’ production tank in past.” Japan’s Health Ministry conducted a poll that revealed 35% of people are prejudiced against ex-leprosy patients and 2024 brings changes regarding policies about health and for people with disabilities in Japan.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt April 6, 2024 1
Barrier Free Disability Health Japan

Spring 2024 in Japan Brings In Changes for Health and People with Disabilities

As spring and the next fiscal year arrives, some changes and new policies that may affect the elderly and people with disabilities in Japan will be rolled out. Public subsidies related to the coronavirus will change, limits on overtime for doctors will be imposed and backed by penalties. Fees paid to nursing care providers will go up 1.59% overall and the revised Act for Eliminating Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities will come into effect.