Two and a half years on NHK remembers Sagamihara [Video]
“Saturday 26th January 2019 will mark two and half years since the Sagamihara killings that occurred on July 26th 2016. NHK made a news report about it.”
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Japan’s Dark History Of Persecuting The Disabled [Video]
“Japan’s Disability Shame: Soon after the end of the Second World War, the Japanese government began a program of forced sterilisation of its disabled population in an attempt to manage the country’s repopulation efforts. From there, a longstanding and pernicious stigma endured to the present day, where the disabled are openly shunned in society, and treated as a shameful taboo.”
Sagamihara defendant interviewed in December 2018
“Brief extracts from when the Sagamihara killings suspect was interviewed at the Yokohama Detention Center on December 28th 2018”
“Looking to people with disabilities” a bereaved family writes about Sagamihara killing case
“At the disabled facility “Tsukui Yamayuri Garden” in Sagamihara City, where 19 inhabitants were killed in July 2016, a bereaved family who lost their son (then 41) wrote a note which was printed in Kyodo News, saying “I would like to see you My thoughts are getting stronger. ” It is two years and four months since the occurrence on 26th. “We are paying more attention to people with disabilities”. ”
三宮では、「7.26神戸アクショングループ」が障害問題を浮き彫りにしています
“三ノ宮では、障害者グループ「7.26神戸アクトン」が障害問題の認識を高めています。”
Hyogo based group continues to highlight disability issues in Kobe
“The ‘7.26 Kobe Action Group’ has been attempting to raise disability awareness since the killing of disabled people at a Sagamihara care home on July 26th 2016.”
Sagamihara suspect’s personality disorder re-confirmed
“According to officials, the Yokohama District Court granted a request from the defense attorney in January this year, and a doctor separate from the investigation stage conducted a second appraisal after indictment. It ended in August and arrived at a diagnosis of personality disorder as well.”
Kobe group continues to Remember Sagamihara after forced sterilization revelations in Hyogo prefecture [Video]
“the Hyogo Prefectural Law Damaged Hyogo Lawyers Corp. found a museum document in Hyogo prefecture on the 16th, totaling 24 people declared in a document about surgery in which the real names of the patient was stated. The prefecture had previously said that there are no materials that can identify individuals.”
The Sagamihara stabbings accused’s ‘Manga’ (Part 3)
“On July 20th, a book including letters and drawings written by the accused in the Sagamihara massacre; when on July 26th 2016, 19 disabled people were killed at a care home in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture (others were injured).”
Two years on from the Sagamihara murders
“Two years have now passed since the killings. How should society deal with statements that threaten the coexistence of the nondisabled and disabled people? And how can it make genuine coexistence a reality? The Yomiuri Shimbun asked experts on the issue. The following are excerpts from the interviews.”
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