“”We had no intention of padding our numbers, but what we did was inappropriate,” the police force said, and offered an apology. The prefectural police had used the same calculation method since at least the 2007 fiscal year.”
“3460 people were padded by 27 administrative agencies, which is 80% of the central ministries”
“Tokyo, Aug. 25 Japanese government agencies are projected to have padded the number of people with disabilities they claimed to have employed by over 3,000, informed sources said Saturday.”
“At least 11 Japanese local governments have been found to have padded data on the proportion of people with disabilities on their payrolls.”
“Nagasaki Prefecture announced on 21th that it had calculated the employment rate of persons with disabilities to include those that were not handicapped for the past 20 years, and did not confirm the medical certificate of designated doctors.”
“According to the prefecture, it said that “Understanding of the system of person in charge was not enough,” explained that it was included without permission for the people who are lightly disabled without making necessary confirmation. He said that he had continued to respond similarly more than 15 years ago.”
“Ministries and agencies are believed to have misrepresented the rates by including in their head counts personnel with relatively mild disabilities who do not carry disability certificates. Officials at the land and internal affairs ministries have said that people without the disability certificates may have been included in the calculations.”
“As the number of people with mental disorders increases, it aims to boost employment of people who have difficult symptoms for a long time. From the end of this month, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will begin having meetings with experts to examine concrete subsidy plans.”
“Since its establishment in 2014, Takumi Takeuchi, 38, and his wife, Ai, 35, who manage the farm, have been collaborating with a welfare office under a government program for developing the linkage between agriculture and welfare, an initiative aimed at promoting the employment of people with disabilities.”
“The research group proposes a subsidy system for companies hiring disabled people who work in a short time of less than 20 hours a week and certification system for small and medium sized enterprises with disabled people working environment that is easy to work.”
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