“Watching The Kohaku is kind of a ritual. This year however, there was something especially worthy of note: it included a song by the famous singer Ken Hirai accompanied by the ballet dancer Koichi Omae who uses a prosthetic limb.”
“It is New Years Eve in the average family household in Japan, at about a quarter past seven in the evening. This can mean only one thing: it’s time for the Kohaku!”
“The number of people cited for abusing disabled people fell by three from the previous year to 2,520 in fiscal 2016, but cases of mistreatment at care facilities grew to a record of 401, a welfare ministry survey says.”
“The interviewer is Kanebumi Kanbe of RKB Mainichi Broadcasting and the interviewee is Satoshi Uematsu. It will broadcast on TBS radio on December 29th and on January 3rd 2018 in some regions:”
“The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on 27th that 3198 persons with disabilities were abused in 2016. Although the amount decreased slightly in comparison with FY 2003, which was the highest since the start of the survey in FY 2000, abuse by officials of persons with disabilities sharply increased by 18% compared to the previous year and number of cases and number of victims, the largest number ever updated for four consecutive years.”
“The police said Monday that an autopsy showed that the woman, Airi Kakimoto, whose body was recovered Saturday in her home in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, froze to death and that she was in a state of extreme malnutrition, weighing only 19 kg and standing 145 cm tall.”
Extracts From The Yomiuri Shimbun 26th December 2017 Q: I heard about discrimination against people with disabilities, what kind ofContinue Reading
“The Mainichi Shimbun surveyed the number of local councilors with disabilities at the 47 prefectural parliaments and 20 cabinet city councils and found out that there were 7 wheelchair users and there was 1 blind person. Regarding the number of parliamentarians of persons with disabilities, there is no official data, and it is possible that some lawmakers have internal disabilities, but seems that the advancement of the disabled to parliament is extremely limited.”
“Anticipating the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games in three years, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will consider the idea of an ordinance to eliminate discrimination against persons with disabilities, including the publication of the name of the business when the business is discriminating against disabled people or being non-inclusive, and such ordinances will be enforced from next October.”
“The first meeting of the “Japan Society for the Prevention of Abuse of Citizens of Persons with Disabilities” was held in Tokyo; it was established to protect persons with disabilities from abuse, and to recommend policy to the national government regarding ways of training staff that look after disabled people.”
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