“On Monday April 9th 2018, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced estimates that 936,600 people in Japan have either mental or physical disabilities.
The number of people with disabilities in Japan increased by about 1.49 million from the previous estimate of 2013 (about 7,879 thousand people). The proportion of Japan’s total population also increased from about 6.2% to about 7.4%.”
“The father told the city, “since my eldest son’s mental illness is rampant I put him in it 25 years ago.” ”
“The disabled and their families have been living in darkness and storms. I hope this trial will change society for the better.”
“The suspect is specifically accused of locking his son in a wooden cage roughly 1 meter high, 1.8 meters wide and 90 centimeters deep in a prefabricated shed beside their residence from around 10 a.m. on Jan. 18 to 10 p.m. on Jan. 19.”
“Barry Josh Grisdale (37) who is originally from Canada and works at a welfare facility in Edogawa Ward, has a popular Internet site that summarizes the barrier-free situation of sightseeing spots throughout the country.
Grisdale’s ‘Accessible Japan’ website: https://www.accessible-japan.com
From Nikkei April 5th 2018 On the April 5th, Kobe City reports that it had created about 7,000 fraudulent reports,Continue Reading
“”Nemunogi Gakuen”, a nursing home for children with disabilities established by actress Miyako Miyagi (91) for children with physical disabilities, celebrated its 50th anniversary on Sunday.”
“Even after laws that forbid discriminatory treatment on the grounds of disability were enforced, there is still a suspicion of discrimination against persons with disabilities in Hyogo prefecture with total of 6 municipalities reporting cases of discrimination including Kobe, Himeji and Nishinomiya city.”
Yesterday (April 2nd 2018) Barrier Free Japan shared an article from Kyodo which was reprinted in many news outlets, bothContinue Reading
“However, do you know that there is a law that forces unwanted infertility surgery now? The so-called “special sexual identity disorder method” (established in 2003). In order to have their gender identity (sexual identity) legally recognized, transgender people need to proceed to change family register in accordance with this law… It is necessary to revise this law right now.”
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