Kanagawa prefecture holds event to highlight disability awareness
“The prefecture planned the event, following the incident of the disabled facility killing in Sagamihara city.”
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Disability groups repeat concerns as a JR Kyushu Station becomes ‘unmanned’
“It will be hard to use as it becomes increasingly frightening when there are no station staff who will immediately help”
Records exist for only 20% of patients who underwent forced sterilization in Japan
“Records that identify people forcibly sterilized under the former Eugenic Protection Law only exist for around 20 percent of the patients who underwent the surgeries.”
Woman with intellectual disabilities wins pension reimbursement
“It is a ruling based on the actual condition of working people with disabilities.”
‘I will not burn’: Intellectually disabled person and care home resident on trial for arson
“The prosecution explained at the opening statement that defendant smoked on a daily basis and the defendant recognized that fire spreads. On the other hand, the defense defense argued that “the defendant has an intellectual impairment, impulsively lights a fire…” “
Abuse of elderly by nursing staff in Japan rose by 10.8% in fiscal year 2016
“According to the survey results, 16,384 of the total cases were abuse chiefly by family members. There were 25 deaths, all caused by domestic abuse.”
1000 people in Akashi in Hyogo Prefecture, both disabled people and parents participate in ‘Parasport’ events
“A “Parasport Stadium” with sports for disabled people such as wheelchair basket and blind soccer was held on March 11th at the Akashi Central Sports Center in Okubo, Hyogo prefecture.”
March 11th 2018
“On this day many local councils, schools and other public services memorialize 3/11. This is the sound of high school girls from a local Kobe school singing ‘上を向いて歩こう’ – better known in the west by the (entirely unrelated to the title of the song) moniker ‘Sukiyaki’ – outside JR Sumiyoshi station, around 3pm on March 11th 2018.”
Hyogo Prefecture aims to increase support for the visually impaired during disasters
“Akashi City is planning to open the National Kobe Sight Disorder Center in Nishi-ku Ueshuromachi, Kobe City, a “Welfare Evacuation Center” on the 11th, seven years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, in an effort to strengthen support for the visually impaired at the time of a disaster. It is the first facility of its kind in Akashi city and will be the 10th facility dedicated to visually impaired people in the area.”
Paralympics: Momoka Muraoka wins alpine downhill skiing silver, winning Japan’s 1st medal in Pyeongchang
“Skier Momoka Muraoka won silver in women’s alpine skiing downhill on Saturday for Japan’s first medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics.”
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