36 victims of 2019 Kyoto Animation arson attack remembered
The number of victims makes the attack one of Japan’s biggest-ever mass murders. This suspect’s motive as well as his mental competency are expected to be the focus of his trial.
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Disability News Japan Episode 69: Japan’s PM Suga thinks: “It would be nice to have at least some spectators” at the Paralympic Games
By Barrier Free Japan July 18 2021 “It would be nice to have at least some spectators” when the ParalympicsContinue Reading
Composer for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for the opening and closing ceremonies apologizes for “bullying confessions” regarding disabled people
Oyamada confessed to two magazines that he bullied during his school days. In the January 1994 issue of the Japanese music magazine “Rocking On Japan,” he wrote, “I would make him naked, wrap a string around him, and make him masturbate. I’d make them eat shit.” In the August ’95 issue of the subculture magazine “Quick Japan,” he revealed without any guilt the many ways in which he bullied Mr. A and Mr. B, both of whom have disabilities.
NPO produces booklet to help fathers of children with disabilities in Japan
The booklet, ‘ForFathers’, was produced by the Association to Support the Future of Parents and Children, a non-profit organisation made up of doctors and parents of children with disabilities.
Japan’s PM Suga thinks “It would be nice to have at least some spectators” at Paralympic Games
“It would be nice to have at least some spectators” when the Paralympics are held from Aug. 24 to Sept. 5, Suga said, adding the decision will be made among organizers including his government, the Japanese organizing committee and the International Paralympic Committee.
Introducing The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic medals
“I was looking for a motif that would be easily recognized as Japanese,” designer Sakiko Matsumoto told reporters. “Athletes are people who can influence the world…and when you think of the games, the pivot will be the athletes.”
7-Year Term Sought for Senior Japanese Government Official and Elderly Driver over Fatal Tokyo Accident
Public prosecutors demanded a prison term of seven years on Thursday for a 90-year-old former senior Japanese government official over a high-profile fatal runaway car accident in Tokyo in 2019.
Japan Medical Association OKs Uterus Transplants
The move is seen as a major step toward enabling the procedure, in which women without a uterus receive the organ from donors for the purpose of conceiving and giving birth. Research on the procedure has been conducted at Keio University and other institutions in Japan.
Disability News Japan Episode 68: Women With Disabilities In Japan Want The Tokyo 2020 Games To Be Cancelled
With the opening of the Olympic & Paralympic Games looming amid renewed fears of the spread of a new coronavirus, women with disabilities have issued a statement calling for the Tokyo Games to be cancelled, claiming that holding the Games would endanger their lives.
“Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled” say women with disabilities in Japan
“We sincerely hope that you will listen to our voices and not rush to hold the Games. We sincerely hope that you will take the wise decision to cancel the event and carry it out.”
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