Japanese Lawmaker with a disability Eiko Kimura tests positive for COVID-19
The House of Councilors announced on the 24th that Reiwa Shinsengumi member Eiko Kimura was infected with the new coronavirus. Ms. Kimura has cerebral palsy.
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Japan’s ruling party approves amendment to Disability Discrimination Law requiring ‘reasonable accommodation’
The amendment requires companies to provide “reasonable accommodation” to support the movement and communication of persons with disabilities as far as possible.
International Paralympic Committee President doesn’t “see a possibility of cancellation at this stage” for Tokyo Games
International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons voiced his confidence that the Tokyo Paralympics, which was pushed back by one year due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be held this summer as scheduled.
Japan’s ‘home visit’ care workers not to be given vaccine priority
The Japanese government wants to start priority vaccinations for the new coronavirus to care workers who work in facilities for the elderly. In fact, even in the same long-term care work, those who work in facilities such as elderly homes are eligible for priority vaccination, but those who work in home-visit care are not.
Subcommittee formed to improve disability welfare in Kanagawa Prefecture
A subcommittee examining the welfare of persons with disabilities in Kanagawa Prefecture said, “At prefectural facilities for persons with disabilities, the physical restraints of users are not taken into consideration, and improvements are needed.”
Delay Expected in Coronavirus Vaccinations for Elderly in Japan
Coronavirus vaccinations for those aged 65 or older are expected to make a full-fledged start in Japan later than currently planned.
More than 30 Japanese Paralympic athletes anxiously await classification for Tokyo Games
Athletes’ disabilities are classified for the Paralympics to ensure fair competition. In athletics, this results in the men’s 100 meters being split into 16 different categories.
International Paralympic Committee welcomes new Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto
IPC President Andrew Parsons congratulated Seiko Hashimoto on her appointment as the new President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee.
Man arrested in Nara Prefecture allegedly killed disabled daughter “to escape this life”
The suspect who is thirty-six years old, is a cook in Uda City, Nara Prefecture, who was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, was at a special support school in Asuka Village, where his eldest daughter, Nanako (10), who was in the fourth grade of elementary school, which she attended on the afternoon of the 12th. There is a suspicion that Nanako was kidnapped.
Japanese Bankers Association to ask banks to allow third party requests for withdrawals from accounts held by people with dementia
The Japanese Bankers Association, or Zenginkyo, said Thursday that it will ask member commercial banks to flexibly respond to third-party requests for withdrawals of dementia sufferers’ deposits.
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