Category: Podcast

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 17, 2023 Number of comments0
Disability Japan Podcast Relationships Technology

Disability News Japan Podcast: Japan’s free matching app ‘Irodori’ for disabled, supporters marks 10,000 downloads

A free app for people with disabilities and supporters seeking friendship in Japan has achieved 10,000 downloads in two months since its launch in July. As with other matching tools, users of the “Irodori” app register their own information, such as date of birth and gender, and it has a field to enter whether or not they have a disability. The app has communities where people with similar interests can communicate with each other, and a matching function for men and women. Users’ feedback included, “I have been able to casually talk with people who have similar characteristics to myself.”

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 12, 2023 Number of comments0
Crime Disability Elderly Euthanasia Japan Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: Obsession to care for disabled wife by himself led man to kill her

It was a chilling act, and one with an unusual motive. The death of the 79-year-old woman was not a mercy killing. The husband bore no ill-feelings toward her, nor did he feel overburdened by caring for her for about 40 years. Instead, he stubbornly felt that he, and he alone, should be the one tending to the needs of his beloved partner, even when he became too weak to do the job.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 4, 2023 Number of comments0
Barrier Free Deaflympics Disability Japan Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics Emblem Unveiled & 90 Year-Old Wheelchair-User Summits Mt. Fuji

Alpinist Yuichiro Miura, 90, reached the summit of Mount Fuji with a group of friends and family on Thursday, having used a wheelchair for the three-day ascent.

With the theme of the “circle” that connects people through the tournament, the design features a hand used in sign language and cherry blossom petals as motifs, and will be widely used in PR for the tournament.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 29, 2023 Number of comments0
Barrier Free Disability Japan Nagoya Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: The Saga of Nagoya Castle’s Accessibility Issues Continues…

A group of legislators with disabilities requested on Aug. 21 that Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura consider installing an elevator going up to Nagoya Castle’s top floor, as the city aims to replace the current reinforced concrete castle keep with a wooden structure true to the building’s roots.