“Under questioning in parliament on Tuesday, Abe repeated this explanation, adding the shredding took place when it did “because of the work schedule of the disabled contractor in charge”.
“Some 900 million yen is expected to be necessary to carry out all items in the renovation plan. The Upper House barrier-free promotion project team hopes to include related costs in an upcoming draft supplementary budget for fiscal 2019.”
“Super Morinaga (President Koichi Tsutsumi), which has stores in Saga and Fukuoka, donated 500,000 yen to Saga City on November 28 to support disabled people.”
“On November 30th the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare published guidelines for national and local governments to create plans for creating workplaces so that persons with disabilities working in government agencies can play an active role.”
“[A]mong the 120 cases surveyed, there were 32, or 27 percent, in which wheelchair users were refused taxi rides.”
“Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has withdrawn a poster intended to raise awareness of its Advance Care Planning (ACP) service, a service that was intended to inform people about ‘end of life care.”
“Police have obtained an arrest warrant for the suspect on suspicion of murder and other charges and plan to arrest him after he sufficiently recovers from severe burns to be able to withstand detention. During police questioning conducted on a voluntary basis on Nov. 8, the suspect admitted to the allegations.”
“-Relatives of former leprosy patients, at a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday, called on the government to continue efforts to combat discrimination after the recent enactment of a law for compensation.”
“Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has made it a policy for emergency calls such as 110 and 119 regarding the “telephone relay service” for the hearing impaired, which is scheduled to be implemented nationwide from 2021.”
““I want to enjoy my job without losing obstacles.” A seminar to think about how people with disabilities in a community with such thoughts can work by making use of their abilities will be held on December 6th 2019 in the complex facility “Nigiwai no Sato no Ichi Camino” in Nonoichi City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Young people who are active in the welfare field in European countries and think about how participants and people with disabilities work are invited. Participation is free.”
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