Bus driver refuses ride to passenger in wheelchair
“The driver told the company he regrets “making the wrong decision,” according to a Matsudo Shin-Keisei Bus official.”
Category: Discrimination
Year and half after Vanilla Airline incident, Japanese wheelchair user reflects on disability issues
“In Japan, the idea of” right to move “is missing. It is not a problem only for people with disabilities. In rural areas, public transportation declines for business reasons and elderly people who can not drive a car are inconvenienced… “
Major suds makers take varied approach to beer tasting by electric wheelchair users
“Disabled rights advocacy groups point out that electric wheelchairs are treated the same as pedestrians under the Road Traffic Act, and pedestrians are not prohibited from drinking alcohol. Therefore, they say, banning chair users from tasting at beer factories constitutes discrimination under the Act for Eliminating Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities. They want the ban removed from the NPA guidelines.”
Majority of small-to-midsize Japanese firms are failing to meet disabled employment quotas
“Only 35 percent showed willingness to hire people with mental or physical disabilities either “positively” or “to abide by the law,” the survey conducted by staffing firm En-japan inc. showed.”
35 prefectures exclude job applicants with mental, intellectual disabilities
“As many as 35 of Japan’s 47 prefectural governments exclude regular job applicants with mental or intellectual disabilities despite legal requirements protecting their being hired.”
Man in wheelchair sues department store over wine-tasting refusal
“Just when he was tasting a second serving of wine in a space where customers could try wine for about 1,000 yen per serving, an employee handed him a paper reading, “Customers using a wheelchair or an electric wheelchair are asked to refrain from tasting wine.” ”
After out-of-court settlement, an intellectually disabled man describes ‘Power Harassment’ at Tokyo company
“”It is my wish to have an environment that allows people with disabilities like me to work”
