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by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 17, 2024 1

Japan’s Transport Ministry Points Out Language Used to Refer to Disabled on Airline Website May Be Misinterpreted

TokiAir, an airline that began service last month, posted information on its website for passengers. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT) pointed out that some expressions on the website could be misinterpreted as requiring disabled persons to be accompanied by an escort on a uniform basis. In response, the company changed the content and commented that it did not intend to discriminate.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 16, 2024 0

Disability Japan Writing

Publisher opens ‘forest of patients’ stories’ in Osaka

A private library of more than 1,000 medical memoirs recently opened to the public in Osaka. The library is called “Tobyoki no Mori” (the forest of patients’ stories). It includes books by entertainers about their battles with cancer, memoirs of everyday people with intractable diseases such as Parkinson’s and books by people living with disabilities.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 16, 2024 0

Disability Film Japan Sagamihara

New documentary gives a human face to disability in Japan

Originally intended as a statement against an ableist-inspired killing spree in which 19 residents of a care home were murdered eight years ago, the film “Fujiyama Cottonton” ultimately took a more sanguine approach, although director Taku Aoyagi was clear in his purpose.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 15, 2024 0

Disability Discrimination Elderly Housing Japan

Japan’s Land Ministry to take steps to help property owners who “hesitate” to rent to elderly and disabled

Property owners often hesitate to enter rental contracts with seniors and individuals with disabilities due to concerns about their ability to pay rent or that they may die in their homes and not be discovered for a lengthy period of time.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 14, 2024 0

Crime Disability Japan Mental Health

Parents arrested in Tokyo over fatal drugging of 4-yr-old daughter, use of antipsychotic drug suspected

Parents of a 4-year-old girl were arrested Wednesday for allegedly killing her with a toxic substance and antipsychotic drug at their home in Tokyo in March last year, police said.

Kenichi Hosoya, 43, and his wife, Shiho, 37, were arrested after their daughter, Yoshiki, died from poisoning on March 13, with ethylene glycol and large amounts of olanzapine, a medicine prescribed for mental disorders, detected in her body, an investigative source said.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 14, 2024 0

Disability Elderly Employment Hospitals Japan Medical

Japan to Hike Outpatient Visit Fees to Increase Hospital Worker Pay

A Japanese government advisory panel Wednesday proposed hikes in hospital visit fees paid by outpatients for their initial and follow-up medical examinations, in order to increase salaries of health care workers.

For the year starting in April, Japan will revise fees for the three care-related services covered by public insurance–the medical and elderly care services and the welfare service for people with disabilities–together for the first time in six years.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 13, 2024 1

Japan Medical Organ Donation Transplantation

Pigs for Organ Transplant Created for First Time in Japan

Japanese biotechnology startup PorMedTec Co. said Tuesday it has successfully created pigs for organ transplant into humans for the first time in Japan.

The Meiji University-driven firm used cells of pigs developed for xenotransplantation by U.S. startup eGenesis it imported in September last year. To suppress immune responses, the cell’s 10 genes were re-engineered.

Three genetically modified clone pigs were born on Sunday, PorMedTec said.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 13, 2024 0

Disability Discrimination Japan

Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida refers to “not rare” discrimination against disabled and other minorities as “totally unacceptable”

PM Kishida said it is “not rare” in Japan for foreign residents, the disabled, Ainu indigenous people, and others to experience discrimination when seeking jobs, finding housing and engaging in activities, adding such things are “totally unacceptable.”

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 13, 2024 0

Disability Disasters Earthquake Japan

People with disabilities account for over 20% of 2010s Japan disaster-linked deaths

People with disabilities accounted for more than 20% of deaths caused by physical and mental strain following major earthquakes in the 2010s in Japan, a recent Kyodo News study showed.

The survey of local governments showed 21% of deaths linked to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan involved people with disability certificates, while the comparable figure from the 2016 quakes in Kumamoto Prefecture, stood at 28%.

The figures are particularly high when compared with the proportion of disabled people in the population, which the central government estimates at 9%.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 12, 2024 0

Barrier Free Disability Film Japan Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: ‘Mark – A Call to Action’ Documentary About Being Disabled to Premiere in Tokyo

Before he died, Mark was working on a new project with an organization that would help organizations such as governments & businesses include people with disabilities called ‘GLIDE’ or ‘Global Leaders in International Disability Education’. The documentary “Mark – A Call to Action” produced by GLIDE will premiere in February 2024 in Tokyo.

Registration application form to attend the premiere in Tokyo in February 2024: https://woobox.com/cg5e8w?fbclid=IwAR27Kqy-ObiWOJ1rhGEYDckuAqwbcVUWYIJK0YPngV4BrjoTZPBSUYf_PRM

GLIDE: https://www.glidefund.org