“If the Paralympics are not a success, the Tokyo Games are not a success”
“Nearly half of Tokyo’s residents can’t name a single Paralympian, and international sporting officials are worried about the capital’s readiness to accommodate athletes.“
Category: Discrimination
Guide dog owners face discrimination 2 Years after a ban on such practice
“Discriminating against people with visual disabilities because of their means of walking constitutes a human-rights issue. I hope to see a society friendly to the disabled.”
Despite laws, disabled people still experience discrimination in Hyogo prefecture
“Even after laws that forbid discriminatory treatment on the grounds of disability were enforced, there is still a suspicion of discrimination against persons with disabilities in Hyogo prefecture with total of 6 municipalities reporting cases of discrimination including Kobe, Himeji and Nishinomiya city.”
Hokkaido leads in compulsory sterilization with 2,593 victims
“Hokkaido’s record of compulsory sterilizations over nearly five decades far outstrips any other jurisdiction in Japan, with at least 2,593 people forced to undergo the procedure due to intellectual disability”
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Lawyers set up hotlines for victims of 1948-1996 eugenics law
“Of all the sterilizations conducted, about 16,500 surgeries were reportedly conducted without consent.
From Saturday 3rd February 2018, lawyers involved with the legal suit will be available for counseling at 022-397-7960.”
Woman sues Japanese government over forced sterilization as a teen
“ “We wanted to stand up and build a society where even people with disabilities can have a happy life.”
The woman seeks compensation of 11 million yen ($101,149), saying the government should have set up relief measures for those subjected to the surgery, in recompense for violating their human rights.”
71% of Japanese Companies Not Hiring 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.”
Abusers caught targeting disabled falls slightly as mistreatment cases soar at care facilities
“The number of people cited for abusing disabled people fell by three from the previous year to 2,520 in fiscal 2016, but cases of mistreatment at care facilities grew to a record of 401, a welfare ministry survey says.”
3198 instances of abuse of disabled persons in Japan reported for FY2016
“The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on 27th that 3198 persons with disabilities were abused in 2016. Although the amount decreased slightly in comparison with FY 2003, which was the highest since the start of the survey in FY 2000, abuse by officials of persons with disabilities sharply increased by 18% compared to the previous year and number of cases and number of victims, the largest number ever updated for four consecutive years.”
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