A Japanese court on Thursday is set to sentence Shinji Aoba, the man responsible for a 2019 arson attack at a Kyoto Animation Co. studio that killed 36 people in one of Japan’s worst-ever mass murders.
More on why some elderly and people with disabilities are reluctant to take the ‘secondary evacuation’ option and Japan’s Education Ministry drafts a report on how to accommodate the increasing number of people with disabilities attending universities in Japan.
Ahead of the revised Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities coming into effect in April, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s expert panel drafted a report on the 22nd that summarizes the ideas and matters necessary for educational support for university students with disabilities. As the revised law is enacted, the provision of reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities, which was previously mandatory for national and public universities, will now become mandatory for private universities as well.
NHK reported on its TV programme ‘News Watch 9’ on January 22nd that four ‘Group Homes’ and facilities for people with disabilities in Ishikawa Prefecture decided not to take the ‘secondary evacuation’ option, out of a concern that a change of environment might be disruptive to their mental health.
On January 20th at around 11PM, an employee of a welfare facility for the disabled in Tanaka-cho, Nagasaki City, called the emergency services to report that the facility was full of smoke. When the fire department arrived no fire was discovered and no one was injured.
The office said, “Esper Ito (real name Masuo Ito) had been receiving rehabilitation treatment at a facility for a long time and has been repeatedly in and out of the hospital, but on January 16, 2024, due to status epilepticus, He passed away at a medical institution.”
Former comedian Esper Ito, who was reported to have passed away on the 17th at the age of 63, announced on the 19th that the cause of his death was status epilepticus.
The office said, “Esper Ito (real name Masuo Ito) had been receiving rehabilitation treatment at a facility for a long time and has been repeatedly in and out of the hospital, but on January 16, 2024, due to status epilepticus, He passed away at a medical institution.”
This is a short audio extract from the NHK G TV programme ‘News Watch 9’ broadcast on January 19th 2024, reporting about the elderly and people with disabilities in Ishikawa prefecture after the earthquake on January 1st 2024.
A place where children can come and play together and receive support has been offered on an island in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, which was hit hard by a powerful earthquake on the first day of this year.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has determined that ‘Megumi’, a major group home management company for people with disabilities, was overcharging food costs from residents. It was revealed on January 17th, through interviews with related parties, that the government has recommended that a report be submitted by the end of this month. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare conducted a special audit and made recommendations at the end of last year.
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