Para-Skiing Competition Connects Japan and Ukraine
A plan is unfolding to invite the national para-ski team of Ukraine, where Russian forces continue their invasion, to an international competition to be held in Sapporo in March.
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Disability News Japan Podcast: Ukraine, Disability Awareness in Japan & More COVID Jabs
February 24th marks one year since the war in Ukraine began and a survey about awareness of disability discrimination produced by Japan’s Cabinet Office has been released.
Ukrainian evacuee in wheelchair dances way to happiness in Japan
A Ukrainian in a wheelchair who fled the Russian invasion has injected some happiness into her life in Japan with dancing, and is dreaming of doing the same in her home country, too.
Ukrainian woman, taking refuge in Japan, forced to leave mentally disabled brother in Ukraine
She could not take her brother, 57, who is mentally disabled. She felt guilty about it but had to leave him in Ukraine with her mother-in-law, 77.
Nippon Foundation Chairman Yohei Sasakawa highlights needs of disabled Ukrainians
The Nippon Foundation announced it will provide a further 5 billion Yen ($40 million) in support for displaced Ukrainians seeking to come to Japan. The funding will go toward transportation and subsidies for living expenses over three years.
Japanese international relations advisor translates testimony of disabled Ukrainians left behind in the maelstrom of war
Hiroshi Ueno, 72, a former international relations adviser for Kyosaren, a Japanese organisation for people with disabilities, translated testimonies from local families and began to disseminate them in order to convey the devastating situation of people with disabilities in Ukraine, where the military invasion by Russia is continuing.
Protest group in Kobe hands out tissues to highlight war in Ukraine
Protest group outside JR Sumiyoshi Station, Higashinada ward, Kobe hand out leaflets and tissues to highlight the war in Ukraine on March 31st 2022
Head of non-profit group in Japan writes poem for Ukrainians with disabilities
A blind man who heads an organization for people with disabilities in Japan has written a poem dedicated to “fellows with disabilities in Ukraine.”
Fujii Katsunori heads the Japan Council on Disability.
The things Barrier Free Japan sees on the way home: People in Kobe Protest against Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine
By Barrier Free Japan March 23 2022 KOBE – No, this is not about disability in Japan but I thought thisContinue Reading
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