Asking her first question at the Diet, Disabled lawmaker Eiko Kimura highlights accessibility issues at public facilities in Japan
“Representative Kimura told reporters, “I wanted to know the current situation of people with disabilities.” “
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Extraordinary session of the Diet begins, Japan’s PM Abe quotes disabled lawmaker in policy speech
In discussing the importance of building a diverse society, Abe quoted a remark by Yasuhiko Funago, a severely disabled lawmaker of new opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi, that “humans can enjoy their lives no matter how their appearances change”.It is rare for a policy speech by a prime minister to refer to an opposition lawmaker.”
Former LDP Secretary-General Tanigaki speaks to newly elected disabled lawmakers
“Sadakazu Tanigaki was injured in a wheelchair by a bicycle accident while he was the Secretary General of the LDP, and uses a wheelchair. In the lecture said, “It is a big problem whether there is a place for people with disabilities in society.
PM Abe Encourages Reiwa Shinsengumi Disabled Lawmaker Funago
“Funago, a member of opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi, has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. He and Abe have known each other for 16 years.”
Eiko Kimura, Diet member and disabled person [Tokyo Shimbun Interview]
“Eiko Kimura, a disabled person who was recently elected to the Japanese parliament’s Upper House was interviewed by The Tokyo Shimbun. Eiko Kimura was born in Yokohama. At the age of eight months, she fell from the entrance and became disabled. After graduating from school, he started living alone in Kunitachi, Tokyo at the age of 19. Kimura established the “Independence Station Tsubasa”, in Tama City, in 1994 to support the independence of persons with disabilities and she is the secretary-general of the organization.”
Newly elected Diet member with ALS seeks to change care for disabled, opposes LDP plans
“”I want to make use of my experience in politics to realize a society that can live a life with dignity and enjoyment regardless of disability or illness.” By listening to the voices of various persons with disabilities and disseminating them at the Diet, he expressed his willingness to change to the policy for persons with disabilities that can realize “reasonable consideration” from the standpoint of the parties.”
Upper House Rushes to Accommodate Disabled Lawmakers
“Funago, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, cannot speak and communicates instead by having an assistant track his eye movements along a “communication board” that displays letters.”
INTERVIEW: Reiwa Shinsengumi Ready to Cooperate with Other Opposition Parties
From Jiji Press August 11th 2019 TOKYO – New Japanese political group Reiwa Shinsengumi is ready to cooperate with otherContinue Reading
Japan lawmakers with severe disabilities attend 1st Diet session
“A recently elected pair of Japanese lawmakers with severe physical disabilities entered parliament for the first time on Thursday to attend an extraordinary session.”
The Lack of a Ramp meant Recently Elected Disabled Japanese Lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago ‘could not enter via the main door’ of the Diet [Video in English]
“Since there was no ramp at the main entrance, recently elected Yasuhiko Funago of Reiwa Shinsengumi, who has ALS had to enter via the rear entrance.”
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