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by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 23, 2022 0

“Your disability certificate is fake” bus driver in Japan refuses male passenger with a disability over possibly expired disability certificate

A 52-year-old male driver of Orihime Bus, a route bus in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, told a male passenger with a left leg and heart trouble to get off the bus early and said, “Your disability certificate is a fake,” according to an interview with the bus company Kiryu Asahi Jidosha and the city, which outsources its operation. According to the company, the driver had said that he had been given a disability certificate for six months.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 21, 2022 0

Care Disability Employment Japan

Death of carer working alone at Nagoya care facility for disabled triggers movement to improve working conditions

In November 2020, a man in his late 30s who worked at a short-term facility for people with disabilities in Nagoya died. He collapsed while working the night shift alone and was found in the morning. The cause of death was subarachnoid hemorrhage

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 20, 2022 0

Disability Japan

United Nations to review Japan’s compliance regarding the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the first time

From the 22nd, the United Nations will examine the status of the Japanese government’s efforts regarding the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which has been signed by more than 180 countries. This is the first time for Japan to be screened, and a meeting to be held in Geneva, Switzerland will also include an opportunity to interview people with disabilities.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 20, 2022 0

Disability Hikikomori Japan

Tokyo ward finds 1 in 3 recluses don’t want government help to reintegrate

A recent survey conducted in Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward has shown that as many as one-third of hikikomori, or social recluses, living there have no desire for the government to help them reintegrate into society.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 17, 2022 0

Disability Japan Para Sports Sports

Industrial robot manufacturer to construct the first football stadium dedicated for people with disabilities in Shizuoka Prefecture

The first football stadium dedicated for people with disabilities in the prefecture will be built on the site of a factory being constructed by an industrial robot manufacturer in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 16, 2022 0

Care Coronavirus COVID-19 Disability Japan Nursing Care

Cluster of 62 people found to be infected with COVID at a welfare facility for people with disabilities in Nagasaki

At a welfare facility for the disabled in Sasebo, 62 people involved were confirmed to be infected.

As of 7 pm on 14 January, the number of people receiving treatment at home in Nagasaki had risen to 33,116.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 15, 2022 0

Coronavirus COVID-19 Disability Japan Kobe

Injured man refused by hospital over COVID test left at motorbike accident scene in Japan

An ambulance crew in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, returned an injured man to the scene of a traffic accident and left him there after a hospital refused to accept him because he had tested positive for the coronavirus, the city’s fire department told the Mainichi Shimbun on Aug. 12.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 14, 2022 0

Disability Disasters Japan

Wide-area evacuation drills held in Tokyo for people with severe disabilities

An NPO that supports the independent living of people with disabilities in Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward is looking for evacuation measures for people with severe disabilities in preparation for large-scale floods. The welfare evacuation shelters designated by the ward are limited to one companion, making it difficult for people with disabilities who need multiple hands to assist. However, even if you try to evacuate outside the ward with a helper or family before a typhoon hits, there are problems associated with traveling long distances.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 14, 2022 0

Crime Disability Intellectual disabilities Japan

Japan’s Ministry of Justice begins five year project concerning how people with intellectual disabilities at Nagasaki Prison can reintegrate into society

This fiscal year, Japan’s Ministry of Justice will begin a five-year model project using about 50 inmates with intellectual disabilities detained at Nagasaki Prison and help them reintegrate into society.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 10, 2022 0

Disability Health Japan Transplantation

Japanese NPO suspected of facilitating transplant using trafficked kidney, donor was a Ukrainian woman

A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization is suspected of having facilitated an overseas living donor kidney transplant that used a trafficked kidney. Audio and video recordings obtained by The Yomiuri Shimbun and interviews with individuals affiliated with the NPO reveal that the donor was a Ukrainian woman who was having financial difficulties, and that the price for her kidney was about $15,000 (¥2 million).