International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons heaped praise on the way last year’s pandemic-delayed Tokyo Paralympics were conducted, lauding the role para sports have had in fostering awareness and helping Japanese society become progressively more inclusive.
While they expressed a sense of accomplishment, saying, “By talking directly with the committee members, they were able to gain a deeper understanding of Japan’s issues,” some expressed anger, saying, “The government’s response did not accurately convey the current situation.”
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Japan on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Committee Experts commended Japan’s compensation of victims of eugenic surgery, while asking questions on institutionalisation and inclusive education.
Three new clusters were confirmed. There were 36 people at a facility for people with disabilities in Ichihara City, 9 people at a facility for the elderly in Isumi City, and 12 people at a facility for people with disabilities in Tako City.
A 52-year-old male driver of Orihime Bus, a route bus in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, told a male passenger with a left leg and heart trouble to get off the bus early and said, “Your disability certificate is a fake,” according to an interview with the bus company Kiryu Asahi Jidosha and the city, which outsources its operation. According to the company, the driver had said that he had been given a disability certificate for six months.
In November 2020, a man in his late 30s who worked at a short-term facility for people with disabilities in Nagoya died. He collapsed while working the night shift alone and was found in the morning. The cause of death was subarachnoid hemorrhage
From the 22nd, the United Nations will examine the status of the Japanese government’s efforts regarding the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which has been signed by more than 180 countries. This is the first time for Japan to be screened, and a meeting to be held in Geneva, Switzerland will also include an opportunity to interview people with disabilities.
A recent survey conducted in Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward has shown that as many as one-third of hikikomori, or social recluses, living there have no desire for the government to help them reintegrate into society.
The first football stadium dedicated for people with disabilities in the prefecture will be built on the site of a factory being constructed by an industrial robot manufacturer in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City.
At a welfare facility for the disabled in Sasebo, 62 people involved were confirmed to be infected.
As of 7 pm on 14 January, the number of people receiving treatment at home in Nagasaki had risen to 33,116.
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