“Abe, already under fire for inviting many of his supporters to state-funded annual cherry blossom-viewing parties, said the nonregular employee is a disabled worker on shortened work hours.”
“Trials have begun at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda to introduce next generation self-driving electric wheelchairs for helping elderly and other people move more easily to boarding gates after checking in.”
“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“Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has withdrawn a poster intended to raise awareness of its Advance Care Planning (ACP) service, a service that was intended to inform people about ‘end of life care.”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.”
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