Tokyo Paralympics Likely to Have No Spectators
The Tokyo Paralympics are highly likely to have no spectators in principle as the novel coronavirus continues to rage, especially in the Tokyo metropolitan area, now under a COVID-19 state of emergency.
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Olympic rings in Tokyo removed, to be replaced with Paralympic logo
The giant floating rings monument on a concrete platform set up at Odaiba Marine Park will soon be replaced with the “Three Agitos” symbol for the Paralympics, scheduled to be held from Aug. 24 to Sept. 5.
Paralympics torch relay in Tokyo taken off public roads over COVID concerns
The torch relay for the Tokyo Paralympics will be taken off public roads for Aug. 20-24 legs in the capital due to the current COVID-19 infection status, the metropolitan government said Tuesday.
Disability News Japan Podcast Episode 73: Paralympic Torch Relay to span all of Japan’s prefectures
The Paralympic flame will tour Shizuoka, Chiba and Saitama before the climax of the Paralympic Torch Relay from 17 August to 24 August; the day of the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Paralympic Torch Relay to span all of Japan’s prefectures
Spanning across all of Japan’s 43 prefectures as well as in Stoke Mandeville in the United Kingdom – the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement – the flame will be brought together to create a single flame at a Flame Gathering Event in Tokyo on 20 August.
Despite being “safe and secure” Tokyo Olympic Committee President Hashimoto refrains calling event a success with Paralympics in mind
Seiko Hashimoto said the highest priority was given to ensuring they were delivered in a “safe and secure” manner by putting anti-coronavirus measures in place. She refrained, however, from declaring the event a success with an eye on the approaching Paralympics.
Former Hyogo After-school daycare worker sentenced to 3 years in prison for assaulting children with developmental disabilities, filming them naked
“According to the verdict, between March and August of last year, he repeatedly committed indecent acts and assaulted four boys who were users of the facility, in conspiracy with his colleagues.”
After Japan’s Govt hospitalization policy suggested mild COVID cases be treated at hotels or at home, Chiba Prefecture develops guidelines for COVID patients with disabilities
The new guidelines stipulate that COVID-19 patients with a low possibility of developing severe symptoms be cared for at home, in principle. However, Chiba Prefecture has established its own standards for hotel treatment and home treatments, with exceptions for people with disabilities, the elderly or pregnant who are asymptomatic or mildly ill.
“We are by no means disregarding citizens’ lives,” says Japanese health minister Norihisa Tamura in apparent reversal of COVID policy regarding hospitalization
Japan’s health minister Norihisa Tamura said Thursday that COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms will be advised to be treated at a hospital if the doctor says they have a high risk of getting more ill, under the government’s revised guidelines on coronavirus hospitalization.
“People with moderate symptoms will be hospitalized, in principle,” Tamura also explained at a parliamentary committee meeting.
Almost one year after actions of staff “recognized by the Kobe Municipal Government as sexual abuse” committee finds care home to have provided residents with “inappropriate care”
An independent committee established with the approval of the city of Kobe recently compiled and released a report on the Rokko Tsurujuen, a social welfare corporation in Nada Ward, Kobe City, which has been found to have provided inappropriate care to the elderly and whose employees complained of power harassment.
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