Category: Podcast

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 14, 2022 Number of comments0
Eugenics Japan Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast Episode 87: Pre-implantation screening raises spectre of eugenics for disabled people in Japan

Katsunori Fujii, a representative of the Japan Council on Disability held a press conference November 27th 2020 on the then proposed ‘Law on Special Provisions to the Civil Code regarding legal parent-child relationships of children born through Assisted Reproductive Technology’, saying that the law allows for the possibility of a ‘eugenic policy’ and creates a ‘sense of crisis’ for people with disabilities.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt December 8, 2021 Number of comments0
Barrier Free Disability Podcast Travel Wheelchair

Disability News Japan Podcast Episode 82: Japan’s Transport Ministry offers “administrative guidance” to JR Kyushu after wheelchair user was refused access to train

Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has issued administrative guidance to Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) over an inability to provide assistance to a wheelchair user in Nagasaki Prefecture when the station had no personnel present, sometimes referred to as an ‘unmanned station.’

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 20, 2021 Number of comments0
Japan Paralympics Podcast Tokyo 2020

Disability News Japan Podcast Episode 75: As Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games are about start, the #WeThe15 Disability Inclusiveness Campaign Begins

WeThe15 is a global movement, which was founded by a coalition of organisations from sport, human rights, policy, communications, business, arts and entertainment, uniting to change attitudes and create more opportunities for persons with disabilities, as well as improve mobility and accessibility.