Category: Kobe

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 6, 2026 Number of comments0
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Kobe Meeting Calls for End to Institutionalization and Violence Against People with Disabilities

A meeting held in Kobe on January 24th 2026 drew disability rights advocates and community organizers calling for an end to institutionalization following recent reports of violence at residential care facilities in Hyogo Prefecture. The gathering, organized by independent living groups, highlighted concerns that segregated living environments heighten the risk of abuse and isolate people with disabilities from society.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt December 5, 2023 Number of comments0
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‘Disabled Persons Week’ in Barrier Free Japan’s Corner of Kobe

Approximately 9,000 people with disabilities live in Nada Ward, Kobe City. Many people working in general employment. On the other hand, in Nada Ward, there are 17 facilities of varying sizes for people with disabilities, and some people attend these facilities. In these day care facilities, people with disabilities perform various tasks as part of their activities. Some businesses make full-fledged cookies and cakes, others hold Taishogoto concerts every year, and others make felt works, provide cleaning services, create art works, Saori weaving, grow vegetables, and more.They work creatively. After the cost of sales of the completed self-made product is deducted, the remaining amount is used as wages for the person with the disability.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt October 10, 2023 Number of comments0
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Postponed Due to COVID, the Kobe 2024 ‘World Para Athletics Championships’ Begins a Countdown to the Games

The World Para Athletics Championships is the world’s premier para athletics event established by the International Paralympic Committee. The first conference was held in Berlin, Germany in 1994, and since the fifth conference in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011.

The Kobe Games were scheduled to be held in 2021, but were forced to be postponed twice due to the global pandemic of the new coronavirus.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt April 21, 2021 Number of comments0
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Kobe City to strengthen supervision after suspected abuse at ‘after school’ facilities for people with disabilities

In response to a series of scandals nationwide at the “after-school day service office” that entrusts elementary, junior high and high school students with disabilities after school and on holidays, Kobe City will sent external personnel to patrol the facilities in the city from May.