“The current tower has elevators, and Mayor Takashi Kawamura’s fidelity to history has triggered a backlash from the public, with citizens’ groups saying the project goes against building a barrier-free society.
The city has said it plans to introduce an alternative to elevators using “new technologies” but hasn’t stated what this means.”
“A 20-year-old woman in Nagano prefecture with an intellectual disability sued a facility on the grounds of sexual abuse from a male staff member. A judgment was made requiring damages of about 12 million yen against the administrative institution in Shiojiri City with the authority to investigate and supervise the corporation, the prefecture, to held at Matsumoto district court on Thursday.”
“Barrier-free law mainly focuses on access to the hardware side and lacks regulations to guarantee use.In the world, accessibility as a tool to prohibit discrimination from the viewpoint of human rights” equality with others.”
“On the 20th May in Kamakura city, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, the “15th Obo Festival” was held, crowded with about 96,000 citizens and tourists. The “Fourth movie costume parade” featured was a barrier free event this time, and 20 people including wheelchair disabled went downtown along with family and volunteers.”
“I want a childcare not to be carried alone by one person and I want an environment that anyone can reach the necessary support”
“Britain’s Gordon Reid has won the Japan Open men’s singles wheelchair tennis title for the second year running.”
“Google’s contest “Kogekatchi” developed by “LITALICO (Ritalico)” in Tokyo which develops support programs for persons with disabilities, is focusing on developmental disorders, awards excellent applications worldwide “2018 Google Play Award ” It is an application that lets you learn while playing how to control the size of the voice that is difficult for children with developmental disabilities, although the grand prix was missed, it exceeded 1 million downloads in combination with other applications for developmental disabilities developed by the company.”
“The introduction of the booklet says: ”People with disabilities have lots of things you can do if there is understanding or consideration of the surroundings.” ”
“Three people who live in Hokkaido, Miyagi and Tokyo prefecture respectively filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for for 11 million to 38.5 million yen in a battle for violation of human rights.”
“Under the former eugenic protection law, three people were forced to undergo sterilization surgery, and these three people filed a lawsuit for damages on May 17th. It is the first time a lawsuit against the the former eugenic protection law has been filed.”
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