“In the appeal sentence, it is remarked that the incident highlighted that “the disabled people are not worth living” due to the idea of eugenic thought. The disability groups point out that this is not a thought unique to the accused in the Sagamihara massacre, Satoshi Uematsu:
“There was once the eugenic protection law in Japan too” ”
“If you understand people with disabilities through songs, I do not think events like Sagamihara will happen.”
“The research group proposes a subsidy system for companies hiring disabled people who work in a short time of less than 20 hours a week and certification system for small and medium sized enterprises with disabled people working environment that is easy to work.”
“Japan’s Gurimu Narita, the men’s Pyeongchang Paralympic snowboarding banked slalom champion, is looking to compete in canoe at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.”
“On July 20th, a book including letters and drawings written by the accused in the Sagamihara massacre…”
From an NHK 9pm News report July 26th 2018
“The group marched through the Kobe Motomachi shopping street, often chanting phrases such as ‘disabled people are not unhappy’, possibly a reference to the accused in the Sagamihara killings, Satoshi Uematsu asserting that ‘disabled people can only cause misery.’”
“Dangerous incidents included a drunken passenger who tripped, a person being hit by a falling suitcase and someone’s clothing getting stuck in the escalator.”
““Akerareta Pandora no Hako” (Pandora’s box opened) was published by Tsukuru Publishing Co. ahead of the second anniversary of the attack at a facility for disabled people in Kanagawa Prefecture.”
“NHK aired two documentaries on Saturday 21st July 2018, one on NHK G, it’s main channel at 9pm about Sagamihara, and one on its documentary channel, NHK E at 11pm about forced sterilization.”
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