International Paralympic Committee responds to COVID-19 concerns
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has begun sharing information about COVID-19 and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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Yokohama District Court finds “no discrimination” in refusing place at elementary school for severely disabled boy
A legal challenge by the parents of a child with a severe disability, seeking to send their son, Kazuki Kousuke, aged 8, to an elementary school in Kawasaki City was rejected by the Yokohama District Court on March 18.
Documents and materials relating to Sagamihara care home killings to be permanently preserved
Sagamihara City Information Disclosure Division Manager Kazuaki Yamaguchi said, “It was a serious incident, and we believe that it is the government’s responsibility to ensure that it can be verified in the future and that such incidents will never occur again.”
Japan’s Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry compiles support measurs for people with disabilities during COVID-19 crisis
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has compiled support measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection in facilities for persons with disabilities.
Kamogawa City distributes 15,000 masks for elderly and disabled people
Kamogawa City in Chiba prefecture has begun distributing 15,000 masks stored in the city to prevent the elderly and disabled from getting the new coronavirus. It targets medical institutions and nursing & disability facilities in the city.
Sagamihara Massacre defendant receives death penalty
The Yokohama District Court has sentenced Satoshi Uematsu (30) to death for killing 19 residents and injuring 26 others at a care home in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture in July 2016.
Judgment in Sagamihara Care Killings Trial to be given on March 16th
On March 16, 2020, the judgment on the Sagamihara Disability Killing Case will be given. It was a turbulent trial to the end, with two judges resigning after its conclusion. The defendant Uematsu has stated that he will not appeal the death sentence, so the sentence may be fixed and the Sagamihara case may be ended.
Couple sentenced to thirteen years for confining daughter with schizophrenia resulting in her death
Osaka District Court sentenced a Japanese couple to 13 years in prison on Thursday for confining their eldest daughter, who had schizophrenia, for over 10 years and letting her freeze to death.
In response to COVID-19 Japanese company provides teleworking system for employees with disabilities
Daisuke Sugimoto, a representative of the company ‘D&I’ – Diversity and Inclusion’ is taking measures to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in light of the growing number of companies recommending telecommuting and teleworking due to the spread of the new coronavirus, and will provide D&I’s service for people with disabilities through the ‘Enkaku Cloud’, free of charge from March 11, 2020 to April 30, 2020.
Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital to compensate patient for complications during jaw surgery
Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital announced on March 11 that it has decided to pay 216.71 million yen as damages to a patient who was left with a sequela due to complications during surgery for a jaw deformity.
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