Disability News Japan
By Michael Gillan Peckitt
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Hosted by Michael Gillan Peckitt, who resides in Kobe, Japan, the Disability News Japan Podcast is News website 'Barrier Free Japan's podcast, a weekly digest of some of the news about disability in Japan in audio form. New episodes will usually be available every Friday at 6am Japan Time.
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Some Notes on Blindness in Japan During Golden Week
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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The Showa Day Pod: Earthquake Advisories Lifted & ‘Disability Dating App’ Fraudster Suspects Re-Arrested
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Earthquake with upper Shindo 5 intensity strikes Hokkaido, northern Japan
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Oita District Court Rejects Disabled People’s Claim over Unmanned Stations, Citing “Excessive Burden” on JR Kyushu
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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Male Radiologist Found Guilty of Molesting Fukuoka Female Student with Intellectual Disabilities During Medical Exam
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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‘Subsequent Earthquake Advisory’ Issued Plus 24 Hours
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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'Subsequent Earthquake Advisory' Time
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Northeastern Japan, Tsunami Warnings Issued
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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“The users are the victims”: After ‘Kizuna Holdings’ Scandal, 1,280 Disabled Service Users to Lose Jobs
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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Two Strong Earthquakes, Magnitude 5, Hits Nagano Prefecture
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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Japan to Lift Organ Donation Curbs on Europe Stayers
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Government Survey Indicates 4.5 Percent in Japan Constantly Feel Lonely
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Tokyo Police Arrest Ex-Child Facility Worker for Indecent Assault Against 5-Year-Old Girl with Disability
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Sapporo Employment Support Agency Executive Referred to Prosecutors Over False Disability Claims
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Tokyo’s Toshima Ward Revokes Designation of Deaf Child Daycare Centre Over 58.3 Million Yen Fraud, Falsified Staff Reports
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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60% of Workers in Japan with Mental or Developmental Disabilities Do Not Disclose Disability
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Novel Alzheimer’s Therapies Given to Less than 20 Percent of Applicants in Japan
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Disabled Service Users at Employment Facility Exploiting Benefit Loopholes “felt something like guilt”
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Nearly 500 elderly killed by family caregivers in Japan in Fiscal Years 2006-2024
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Japan Health Minister Warns about Rising Measles Cases
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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Survey Reveals 60% of Families of People with Disabilities in Japan Feel They are at Care “Limit”
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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“We’d like you to resign”: Worker in Japan fired 4 days after revealing autism
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Shindo 5 Earthquake in Eastern Japan April 1st
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Wakayama Fails to Hire Statutory Number of People with Disabilities
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Osaka revokes licenses of four Kizuna Holdings employment support facilities over excess disability subsidies
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Japan Sees Fewest-Ever Suicides in 2025
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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Students with Developmental Disabilities in Japan Rise to 12,000 Nationwide
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Miyazaki City Day Care Centre for Disabled Children Improperly Claimed 14 Million Yen
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Tottori Accepts Liability in Death of Disabled Teen at Care Facility
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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227,000 people in Japan have ‘Higher Brain Dysfunction’
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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People with disabilities in Japan face persistent barriers to housing and accommodation
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Japan’s new guidelines aim to reduce long lines of women at public toilets
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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Book Review: Alone in Japan by Tom Feiling
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Shikoku Island Town Trials New Pedestrian Crossing for Visually Impaired
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Withdrawal of Appeal against Death Sentence Found Valid in KyoAni Case
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Oita Prefecture receives notebooks to assist hearing-impaired in emergencies
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Patient Dies, Two Critical after Injections at Hospital near Tokyo
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Japan Ends Milano-Cortina Paralympic Winter Games with 100th Medal & Muraoka Japan’s Most Decorated Winter Paralympian
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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“Stop your damn crying”: Guilty Verdict for Staff Member in Abuse Case at Hyogo Facility for Disabled
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Actor Noburo Takachi on Murder of Disabled Daughter: “I Feel a Discrimination Between Lives”
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Ex-Tokyo Disability Facility Worker Referred to Prosecutors Over Railroad Crossing Death
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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3/11 Earthquake 15 Years On
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Chiba Mother Arrested Over Alleged Drowning Death of Disabled Daughter
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Ancient Verona Arena boosts accessibility for Paralympics opening ceremony
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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Sounds of The Milano-Cortina Winter Paralympics Beginning
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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Japan heads to Winter Paralympic Games with biggest team in decades
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Tokyo High Court Upholds Unification Church Dissolution Order
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Hiroshima Revokes Designation of 7 Facilities for Disabled Children; Fraudulent Claims Affect 214
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Kitakyushu to Revoke Designation of Disability Support Facility Over Fraudulent Benefit Claims
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Saitama Social Worker Reports Company for Overcharging Disabled Residents, is Sued for Stealing Documents
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Western Japan Disability Nurses have Difficulties but “no regrets” in Reporting “culture” of Abuse
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Japan Eyes Strong Showing at Milano-Cortina Paralympics with One Week to Go
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Ibaraki Care Worker Who Reported Abuse Warns Legal Battle May Deter Future Whistleblowers
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Almost Three Years After Ableist Remarks, Nagoya Aims to Finalize Barrier-Free Policy for Castle Keep
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Fired After Reporting Abuse, Tokyo Care Worker Awarded 4.8 Million Yen
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Tokyo Disability Facility Worker Says They Were Fired After Reporting Abuse
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Regenerative Medicine Clinic in Tokyo Gets Business Improvement Order
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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Two Arrested Over Alleged Assault of 17-Year-Old at Aichi Disability Home
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Japan Federation of Bar Associations calls Welfare Ministry’s Disability Pension report “clearly unreasonable”
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Japan Top Court Rules Work-Bar Provision Unconstitutional
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Japan’s Children and Families Agency Considers “Children’s Homes”
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Mother Ordered to Pay 30 Million Yen in Abuse Damages Causing Mental Disorders
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Japan’s new guidelines warn employers not to mislabel access requests as harassment
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Japan Approves Muscular Dystrophy Drug Price of 304 Million Yen
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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Japan’s ‘first visit date’ rule shows gaps in disability pension system
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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85% of Families of People with Disabilities in Japan Anxious About Future “After Parents Are Gone”
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Aichi Prefecture’s Disability Certificate “irregularities”
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Chiba disability group home resident dies; former representative arrested
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Japan Lower House Election 2026: Barrier Free Japan’s ‘Two Yen Worth’ Analysis
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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LDP Wins Two-Thirds Majority, Sanseito and Team Mirai Gain Seats
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Japan Lower House Election 2026: LDP Certain to Win Majority
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Less than a month until the Paralympics, Japan finalizes Milan–Cortina preparations
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Ahead of Election JIP, Sanseito Call for Cap on Foreigners in Japan
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Tokyo Court to Rule on Unification Church Dissolution Order on March 4
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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The Saga of Japan’s PM Takaichi’s Hand Continues
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Takaichi Cancels TV Debate due to Hand Injury
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Yokohama Court Rules Disability-Based Dismissal After ‘Outing’ Illegal
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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The Sounds of an Election in Japan
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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Japan Compiles Statistics on Abuse by Psychiatric Hospital Workers for First Time
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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52.6% of Companies in Japan Find Disability Employment Targets “Difficult” to Achieve
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Gunma Issues Guidance After Death of Disabled 17-Year-Old on Outing, Cites “delay in transporting to hospital”
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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PM Takaichi Meets with Forced Sterilization Victims
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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Judge Says of Ex-PM Abe Killer: “It cannot be said that his background had a great impact”
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Life Sentence for Man Who Shot Former PM Shinzo Abe
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Tokyo Opposes Cuts to Disability Welfare Fees
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Grok-generated Deepfake Images of Sign Language Literate Imperial Princess Kako Circulate Online
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Yokohama Court Hands Suspended Sentence to Man Over Growing Cannabis at Facility for Disabled Children
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Barrier Free Japan Watched Black Box Diaries
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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A No News ‘Seijin no Hi’
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Medical Foundation Ends Disability Support Services in Miura City after Mayor’s Social Media Remarks
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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After the Quake and a Cult-ish Encounter
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Hyogo Disability Rights Groups to Rally in Kobe Following Facility Violence Reports
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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Japan PM Takaichi Aims for “Inclusive Society” at Barrier-Free Awards Ceremony
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Akemashite Omedetou & Good News from Nagasaki!
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Japan Pension Service Officials Discarded Doctors’ Disability Assessments
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Disability Abuse Cases Hit Record High in Japan in Fiscal Year 2024
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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'Unboxing' Proposed New Japanese Visa Requirements on Boxing Day
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Two Years After Japan’s Anti-Disability Discrimination Law Revision, Mixed Progress Perceived on ‘Reasonable Accommodation’
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Wishing you a Barrier Free Solstice from Japan!
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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Japan Govt to set cap on number of ‘retained workers’ when calculating disability employment subsidies after excessive payments
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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Third Anniversary of Disability Studies Scholar and Japanologist Dr. Mark Bookman’s Death
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Man Disabled in Bear Cull Shooting; Yamagata Town Seeks Damages from Hunter
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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On Loneliness and Isolation in Japan
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Another ‘Jishin-ful’ Day After 6.7M Quake Off the Coast of Aomori, Tsunami Advisories Issued
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Half of the People with Disabilities Living in Facilities Sent to “out-of-Tokyo facilities”
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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‘Jishin Bells’: Powerful Quake Hits Northeastern Japan
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Japan Eyes Ban on Gene-Edited Babies
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Shinzo Abe Shooting Trial: Defendant Explains Motive, Akie Abe Attends Hearing
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Tokyo Annual 'Disability Week' to be Held December 3rd to 9th
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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University students with developmental disabilities increase in Japan
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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Tokyo Deaflympics Venue Attendance Far Exceeded Expectations
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Japan’s Women Win Basketball, Volleyball Gold As Tokyo Deaflympics Ends
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Record 31 Medals for Japan at Tokyo Deaflympics; Crown Princess Kiko and Hisahito Attend Event
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Japan to raise visa fees for foreign residents next fiscal year [Podcast Episode]
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Japan Picks Up Five Judo Bronzes, Gold in Men’s 400-metres at Tokyo Deaflympics
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Osaka Woman With Intellectual Disability Refused UR Housing, Raising Rights Questions
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Ex-Policeman Nabbed over Defrauding Person with Dementia, Tokyo Deaflympics Begins
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Tokyo Gears Up for Japan’s First Deaflympics with Push for Accessibility
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Shiga care worker for disabled arrested with knife will not be prosecuted
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Osaka Firm Suspected of Tens of Billions in Improper Disability Work Subsidies
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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McDonald’s Japan to stop using paper straws
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Care Facility Worker Suspected of Abusing Disabled Residents, 15 Possible Victims, Says He “Couldn’t Control His Frustration”
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Tokyo couple denied housing after disabilities revealed
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Warning about cult groups solicitation activities on university campuses in Japan
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Japanese Gaming Industry Moves to Improve Accessibility
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Japan student suicides hit record high in 2024 despite overall decline
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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New Cabinet under Takaichi omits dedicated minister for elderly, disabled
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Autistic Defendant over Fatal Crossbow Attack in Japan
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Unicharm to Test Sanitary Pad Dispensers in Tokyo’s Shibuya
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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A Tale of Two Care Home Crimes in Japan
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Saitama Bus Service for People with Disabilities to Be Discontinued Due to Driver Shortage
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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The 'Supōtsu no hi’ One: Typhoons, Dementia and Matsuri!
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Typhoon ‘Action’ and Mie Eyes Action Against Customer Abuse
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Flu Season Starts in Japan, 2nd Earliest in 20 Years
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Sanae Takaichi Becomes New LDP Leader, Likely To Be Japan's First Female Prime Minister
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Kagoshima City Ordered to Repay 35 Million Yen, Disability Welfare Designations Revoked
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Four in Japan arrested for robbing intellectually disabled man after forcing him to drink
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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The First Paragraphs of a New Story by Akutagawa Prize Winning Author with Disabilities, Saou Ichikawa
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Models with Disabilities Walk Runway in Yamanashi Fashion Show
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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124 Previously Denied Disability Pension Claims Approved, Japan’s Health Ministry to Continue Review and Publish Monthly Updates
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Japan names 5-time Paralympic gold medalist Junichi Kawai to head sports agency
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Japan Panel OKs 1st OTC Sales of Erectile Dysfunction Drug
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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M4.7 quake shakes southwestern Japan islands on September 17th, no tsunami warning issued
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Ex-lawmaker in Japan with ALS calls on politicians to ensure right to live
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Akutagawa Prize Winning Disabled Author, Saou Ichikawa, Offers View on ‘Co-existence’ in Japan
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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38-Year-Old Woman Dies at Ishinomaki Disability Facility After Bath at 50°C Causes Burns in 2022, Police Investigate Possible Negligence in 2025
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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‘2channel’ founder opines on why salary of Japanese caregivers doesn’t exceed average annual income
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Abuse of Workers with Disabilities by Employers in Japan Fell by 1.5% in Fiscal Year 2024
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Family Seeks Recognition of Baby, Made Severely Disabled in Utero, as Victim in Fatal Accident
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Mie University Researchers Develop CRISPR Technique to Remove Extra Chromosome in Down Syndrome Cells
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Japan Post Apologizes After Delivery Contractor Writes Discriminatory Note to Hearing Impaired Customer
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Only 10% of Municipalities Implement Caps on Disability Welfare Services, Japan’s Health Ministry Reports
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Former Director Accused of Abuse at Kochi Disability Employment Support Facility
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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73-Year-Old Woman Dies Almost Three Weeks After Bear Attack Outside Akita Care Home for Disabled
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Games with people with disabilities in Japan; both technological and abusive
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Hiroshima Support Facility for Children with Disabilities Faces ‘Administrative Action’ After Abuse Discovered
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Kobe City receives total of 21 reports of abuse of persons with disabilities at psychiatric hospitals, only 1 recognized
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Bring Out Your Dead on No News Obon!
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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23,000 Sign Petition Demanding Safety Reforms After Death of Blind Woman at JR Tsukumi Station
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Discriminatory Comments Over Nagoya Castle Accessibility Towards Wheelchair User Prompts Mayor to Apologize
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Heavy Rain in Southwestern Japan, Flood Damage Assessment Underway
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Aug 09, 2025 |
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Japan to Launch Public Support System for Elderly Living Alone; Hospitalization, Nursing Homes, Funeral Arrangements Covered
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Bear attacks woman outside home for people with disabilities in Akita
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Elderly and Disabled Struggled to Evacuate Amid Japan Tsunami Warnings
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Tsunami Advisories Fully Lifted in Japan, Severe Tropical Storm 'Krosa' on the Way
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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24 Hours After the Tsunami Warning
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Tsunami warning of up to 3 metres issued for Japan's Pacific coast
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Japan provides support for children with disabilities in Ukraine
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Nine Years Later, Memorials and ‘Silent Action’ Mark Loss of “irreplaceable” Victims of Care Home Stabbings
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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14 Staff Members Abused Residents at Gifu Disability Support Facility
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Sanseito Leader Kamiya Claimed Developmental Disabilities “do not exist” in 2022 Pamphlet
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Japan to promote sign language with new law ahead of Deaflympics
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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North Korean Defector: Disabled “simply cannot survive in society” under Kim Regime
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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Sounds of Election Time in Japan!
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Foreigners at center of debate in Japan’s tense election campaign
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Japan Federation of Bar Associations Calls for Review of Disability Certification Standards
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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Sanseito’s Leader Kamiya Calls for Self-funded End-of-Life Healthcare and ‘death with dignity’ Laws
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Encountering ‘Sanseito’: Japan’s New Right-Wing Populist Party
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Images show repeated abuse suspected at facility for people with disabilities in Aomori
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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July 5th 2025: The End of the World in Japan as We Know It?
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Second Investigation Conducted Over Abuse at Disability Support Facility in Aomori Prefecture
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Woman Handed Suspended Term over Attack at University Campus, Judge Attributes Attack to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Japan work-related mental illness cases top 1,000, record for 6th year
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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“I’m going to take my disabled brother and wife with me”: Three die in possible murder-suicide in Chiba
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Learning “Jiritsu": Welfare Association Runs Program for Disabled and Parents About Independence
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Barely more than 10% of municipalities in Japan have created evacuation plans for individual elderly and disabled persons
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Election Time is Upon the Upper House in Japan, Lawmaker with ALS, Yasuhiko Funago Retires from Politics
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Tokyo Businesswoman Champions ‘Accessibeauty’ for Job-seeking People with Disabilities
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Top court rejects appeal by doctor over euthanasia of ALS patient
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Japanese Forced Sterilization Victim ‘Saburo Kita’ Speaks about “ruined life” at the U.N.
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Technology and Japan’s Problem with People with Dementia Disappearing
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Japan to Deny Entry of Foreigners with Unpaid Medical Bills
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Japan’s PM Ishiba: “We must make it the norm to have spaces where people can interact with each other regardless of whether they have a disability”
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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LDP, Komeito, Nippon Ishin Agree to Reduce Hospital Beds
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Only 10% of Train Commuters with ‘Mental Disabilities’ in Japan Request ‘Reasonable Accommodation’
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Higashiosaka Disability Employment Support Providers Penalized for Fraudulent Claims; Providers Dispute Allegations
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May 29, 2025 |
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Following Media Reports of Disability Pension Denials, Japan Pension Service Secretly Re-evaluated Over a Thousand Claims
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May 27, 2025 |
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“We are being left behind”: Visually Impaired People in Japan Struggle with Digitalization
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May 25, 2025 |
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As Denial of Disability Pensions in Japan Double, Health Ministry Will “investigate the actual situation and make it public”
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May 22, 2025 |
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Japanese Rapper with Intellectual Disabilities ‘Sapporo Gag Man’ Talks About “the sadness of living as a disabled person”
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May 20, 2025 |
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Japan’s Disability Dating App Scammers: Man with Visual Impairment Speaks Out
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May 18, 2025 |
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Japanese kids’ mental health ranks poorly among rich nations
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May 15, 2025 |
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Elderly and Disabled Woman in Mie Prefecture Banned from Using Car for “overuse”
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May 13, 2025 |
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Defector Talks About Stigma People with Disabilities Experience in North Korea
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May 11, 2025 |
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Osaka-based Company’s ‘Digital Disability Certificate App’ Begins to Replace Paper Versions
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May 08, 2025 |
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‘Departures’ Actress Ryōko Hirosue Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, Suspends “all entertainment activities”
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May 06, 2025 |
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Golden Week ‘Shogai Podcast Shorts’ 4: Greenery Day Observed
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May 05, 2025 |
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Golden Week ‘Shogai Podcast Shorts’ 3: Children’s Day
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May 04, 2025 |
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Golden Week ‘Shogai Podcast Shorts’ 2: Greenery Day
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May 03, 2025 |
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Golden Week ‘Shogai Podcast Shorts’ 1: Constitution Day
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May 02, 2025 |
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“I’m in shock”: Autistic Man in Hiroshima Mistaken for Molester, Reported to Police
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May 01, 2025 |
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Thoughts on Showa Day on the Controversial Book
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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The Barrier Free Japan Podcast April 19th - April 28th Digest Edition
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Okinawa Group Home for People with Disabilities Suspected of Overcharging without Meeting Standards has Designation Revoked
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Publisher of Controversial Book Depicting Neurodivergent People as Animals and ‘Difficult’ Responds to Criticism
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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“ASD is a sloth, ADHD is a monkey”: New Book by Japanese Counselor Classifying Autistic People as Animals Sparks Controversy
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Scandal-Hit ‘Inclusive’ Tokyo School Files Suit Against Parents Association and Reporter After Concerns Raised Over New Chairman
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Barrier Free Japan Experiences ‘Clinical Omotenashi’
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Yokohama Couple with Visual Impairments File Damages Lawsuit After Police Officers Enter Their Home Without Permission
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Suspicion of Forced Labour of Intellectually Disabled People in Korea's Taepyeong Salt Fields Emerge
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Shoji Nakanishi, Founder of Japan’s First Independent Living Centre, Dies Aged 80
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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‘Inclusive’ Tokyo School Chairman Not To Be Prosecuted Over Coercion of Schoolgirl & Barrier Free Japan in ‘Unseen Japan’
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Musashino Higashi Gakuen: Parents of Neurodivergent Students Worried Early About "safe haven for our children”
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Musashino Higashi Gakuen: “Remaining teachers have no choice but to do what they can”
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Parents and Neurodivergent Children Attending ‘Inclusive’ School Required to Sign Non-Disclosure Agreement
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Sendai Parents of Children with Disabilities Call for Increase in Short-term Hospital Beds
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Extract from The Mainichi Shimbun’s Interview with Yasuhiko Funago, Diet Member with ALS
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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The Saga of ‘Paid Referrals’ of Disability Welfare Services Continues
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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School Health Checkups in Japan Still Cause Trouble with Parents
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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NHK Party Leader Stabbing, Livestreamer Killing & Mental Health in the Japanese Media
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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“Blaming Only the Defendant Would Be Too Harsh”: Chiba Father Given Suspended Sentence for Killing Disabled Son
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Saou Ichikawa’s Akutagawa Prize-Winning Novel ‘Hunchback’ Now Translated into English
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Police Investigate Elevator Management Company After Man Dies in Kobe Elevator Accident
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Intellectually Disabled Girl Has to Move from Chiba to Tokyo to Attend High School
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Final Episode of NHK’s ‘Barrier Free Variety’ TV Show Airs on March 6th 2025
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Yamagata Employment Support Offices for Disabled Closures Confirmed, Seven Offices to Close in March 2026, 217 Layoffs
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Disabled People International Japan Branch to Hold ‘Online Rally’ on “Prisoners with Disabilities and the Right to Use Wheelchairs”
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Former Niigata NPO employee sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman with a disability
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Do We Need to Talk About Social Care in Sagamihara?
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Chiba father, 78, pleads guilty to murder of disabled 44-year-old son saying “I did nothing wrong”
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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New ‘Welfare’ NHK E TV Programme ‘toi-toi’ to Start in April 2025, Replacing ‘NHK Baribara’
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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People with Disabilities in Yamagata Face Redundancy as Seven Employment Offices are Due to Close
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Japan’s Health Ministry Introducing System to Assist Institutions with 'Brain-Death' Organ Donations
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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The Saga of “Scandal-Tainted Kobayashi Pharma Co” Continues
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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A Disability News Digest From ‘Snow Country’!
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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Fear of Shaming May Cause Hesitancy in Making Claims for Japan’s 25,000 Forced Sterilization Victims
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Disabled student filmed in school toilet, serious bullying incident in Mie Prefecture
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Chiba civil engineering company settles lawsuit over “insufficient understanding" of disability
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Record Number of Teachers in Japan Took Leave for Mental Illness in Fiscal Year 2023
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Support People with Disabilities by Going to Mister Donut in Japan on January 27th!
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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As Influenza Cases Increase in Japan, Facilities for People with Intellectual Disabilities Struggle
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Japan PM Ishiba on Forced Sterilization: “We must not repeat human rights violations that destroy the dignity of individuals”
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Osaka High Court Rules ‘Lost Earnings’ After Death of Eleven Year Old Hearing-Impaired Girl Should be Same as Able-Bodied Person
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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30 Year Anniversary of Kobe Earthquake
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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'Cashless' Vending Machines in Japan Can Create Inaccessibility
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Earthquake in Southwestern Japan: All Tsunami Warnings and Advisories Lifted
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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6.9M, Shindo 5 Earthquake, Miyazaki Pref 21:19 13 January 2025
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Japan’s parents of children with disabilities face “18-year-old wall”, forced to quit jobs
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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NHK’s Disability TV Show “Baribara” to End in March after 15 Years on Air
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Ishikawa Investigates Deaths of Elderly from “indirect causes” One Year After Noto Earthquake
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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2025: The Year for Deaf Athletes in Japan?
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Oshōgatsu 2025 Edition!
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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The Disability News Japan 2024 Wrap-Up!
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Large Number of Disabled in Japan ‘let go’ from Workplaces as Government-aided Employers Close Down
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Fukui Takes “administrative action” Over 7.95 Million Yen Fraudulent Benefit Claims for Disabled
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Second Anniversary of Disability Studies Scholar and Japanologist Dr. Mark Bookman’s Death
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Sapporo Care Facility for Disabled Receives Three-Month Suspension on New Users After Two Assaults
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Woman with Dementia, Yasuko Arakawa is Missing 「荒川泰子さんが行方不明です。」
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Barrier Free Straws at Starbucks, but the Empire of QR Codes Encroaches Further on Japan
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Forced Sterilization Plaintiff Yumi Suzuki Named an “Influential and inspiring woman” by the BBC
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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I Cannot Think of My Disabled Daughter as "Precious"; Children Without Disabilities are “Adorable”
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Santa Arrives in Japan from Finland!
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Doctor’s 18 Year-Term for Consensual Killing of ALS Patient Upheld
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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South Korean Disability Activist Park Kyung-Seok Deported at Narita
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Speech-to-Text Tech Used in Osaka High Court, Wage Hike to Keep Carers & COVID Cases Increase
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Niigata Civic Group Produces Film About People with Disabilities「Voice〜あなたの声がききたい〜」
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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‘Last’ Forced Sterilization Plaintiff Keiko Onoue Speaks
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Last Remaining Forced Sterilization Lawsuit In Japan Settled
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Japan Train Companies Asks for ‘No Walking’ on Escalators and ‘No Looking at Smartphones’
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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JR Kyoto’s Seemingly Permanently ‘Out of Order’ ‘Accessible Toilet’ – There is Hope!
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Over Half of Companies in Toyama Prefecture Employ No People with Disabilities
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Tokyo Ward Launches Free “Five-year-old check-ups” for Early Detection of Developmental Disabilities
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Violinist with Cerebral Palsy Mizuki Shikimachi to Perform in Shinagawa During Disabled Persons Week
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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JR Kyoto’s Seemingly Permanently ‘Out of Order’ ‘Accessible Toilet’ – 1 Year Later Update
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Post-Election, Pneumonia & So Long Yakuza and Thanks for the Care Facility!
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Election Day in Japan: The Podcast Episode of ‘Do it Yourself!!’
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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On The Eve Of An Election In Japan
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Storytime with Barrier Free Japan: Unwanted 'Backpack Grabs' and Painful ‘Help'
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Intellectually Disabled Man Barred from Tokyo Matchmaking Event, Told “only healthy are eligible”
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Ahead of Election, Japan Council of Disabled People Calls for Improvements to Enable Ability to Vote
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Driver arrested for sexually assaulting female user of facility for disabled on Tokyo shuttle bus
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Man arrested for allegedly assaulting visually impaired man in accessible toilet at Jimbocho Station
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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38 Cases of Suspected Abuse, “norm for 10 years” at ‘Sagamihara Massacre sister facility’
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Japan’s Diet Passes Forced Sterilization Bill, ‘Mark: A Call to Action’ on Some Amazon Primes
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Japan's Diet Enacts Forced Sterilization Compensation Bill
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Film about Academic Mark Bookman ‘Mark - A Call to Action’ On Amazon US on October 8th 2024
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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National Network for People with Developmental Disabilities to be Formed
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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“You won’t let him go to school”: Hyogo parents and child with disabilities file human rights suit
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Documentary film ‘Mark: A Call To Action’ to be released on DVD on October 8th 2024
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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‘All’ forced sterilization lawsuits settled; plaintiffs and Japanese government sign agreement
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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LDP Candidate Asked Whether He Seems Too ‘intellectually low’ To Be Leader
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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761 People With Disabilities In Japan Suffered Abuse At Work Last Year
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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“Broadcast the Paralympics!”
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Typhoon 10 'Shanshan' Update September 1st 2024
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Typhoon 10 'Shanshan' Update August 31st 2024
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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Typhoon 10 ‘Shanshan’ Update August 30th 2024
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Typhoon 10 ‘Shanshan’ Update August 29th 2024
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Typhoon 10 'Shanshan' Update August 28th 2024
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Waiting For A Typhoon
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Typhoon and Paralympic Woes
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Japanese Government Presents Draft Agreement For Lawsuits Over Forced Sterilization
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Osaka Group Home Manager Admits To Sexually Abusing Two Intellectually Disabled Women
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Organ Transplant Stories From Japan
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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‘Unprecedented’ 5,000 People with Disabilities Quit or Fired from Workplaces in Japan
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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[Emergency Broadcast] Typhoons, Earthquakes & Survey of Deaf Peoples Needs in Disasters
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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60% Of Teachers At Schools For Intellectually Disabled Have Dealt With Issues Related To Sex On SNS
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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[Emergency Broadcast] 7.1M Quake Hits Miyazaki, 1st Nankai Trough Megaquake Warning Issued
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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1st Plaintiff, Sumiko Nishi, Reaches Settlement In Forced Sterilization Lawsuits In Japan
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Japan’s PM Kishida Vows to “eradicate prejudice and discrimination against people with disabilities”
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Despite Sympathy For People With Disabilities ‘Post-Sagamihara’, Group Homes Often Opposed
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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Eight Years Pass Since ‘Sagamihara Stabbings’ At Care Home For People With Disabilities In Japan
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Japan Government to Establish Cabinet Council to Eradicate Discrimination Against Disabled People
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Forced Sterilization Victim Kikuo Kojima Told “it would be terrible if people like you had children”
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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Kishida Apologizes to Forced Sterilization Victims for “inexcusable violation of human rights”
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Megumi Prepares to Transfer Control of Business & Disability News Japan in The Mainichi!
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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Japan’s PM Kishida to Apologize to Forced Sterilization Plaintiffs on July 17th
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Kyoto men accused of forcing disabled person into washing machine
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Minister Meets Forced Sterilization Plaintiffs, Film about Disability Scholar to be Released on DVD
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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Japan's Top Court Orders Government to Pay Damages Over Forced Sterilization
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Noto Quake Death Toll to Reach 300, COVID Patient & Elderly Person Among 18 ‘Indirect Deaths’
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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‘Megumi' Care Home Operator for Disabled Banned from ‘renewals of service provider designation’
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Rainy Season Days and ‘Hostile Benches’ in Japan
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Mental Health Claims Made in Two Recent Trials in Japan
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Escalator Death and Injury Incident Statistics in Japan
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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Elderly woman dies as neck caught under Tokyo store’s escalator handrail
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Japan Government to “allow” Disabled Parents to Live with Their Children
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Japan Amends Law to Give National Support to Young Caregivers
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Suspicious Death of Disabled Man After Dental Surgery & a Film About Forced Sterilization
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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As Japan’s Supreme Court Hears Appeal Over Forced Sterilization, ‘Junko Iizuka’ Speaks
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May 29, 2024 |
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[Emergency Broadcast] The Sound of NHK Reporting a North Korea Missile Alert
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May 27, 2024 |
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Kobe Para Sports, Journalism in Japan & ‘Wheelchair-bound’ versus ‘Wheelchair User’
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May 26, 2024 |
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Severely Disabled Son Found in ‘weakened state’ After Death of Mother in Nagoya
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May 23, 2024 |
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Supreme Court Makes 'Accommodations' So Disabled Plaintiffs Can Attend Forced Sterilization Case
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May 18, 2024 |
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Japan’s NHK Drama ‘Percent’ Highlights Issues About How Disability is Depicted
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May 12, 2024 |
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Fukuoka Hospital says sorry for male staff sexually abusing patients, no further action taken
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May 09, 2024 |
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Chiba Workers with Disabilities Told Only “Coming to the farm is your job”
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May 03, 2024 |
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Writer and Disability Activist Hirotada Ototake Speaking After Conceding Tokyo By-Election
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Kobe Gets ‘PARAgrressive’ about Sports, Disabled Writer Ototake ‘Certain’ to Lose By-Election
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Eight Type 1 Diabetes Patients Have Disability Payments Restored After Second Court Case
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #20: Electric Wheelchairs in Japan: “right to move is missing”
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #19: 40% of Hospitals Ask Family to Care 24/7 for Child Inpatients
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #18: Disabled Author Hirotada Ototake to Run in Lower House Tokyo By-Election
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #17: Prejudice Against Ex-Leprosy Patients in Japan & Other FY News
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #16: Japan Saw Record Ambulance Dispatches in 2023
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Okinawa Tsunami Warning & Advisory Lifted Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Tsunami Warning Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #15: Japan raises ratio of disabled employees to 2.5% in private sector
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Kumamoto Day Care Service for Children with Disabilities Sanctioned for Falsifying Care Plans
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #13: Two Consumers of Kobayashi ‘beni koji’ Health Supplement Die
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #12: You’ll be Elderly in Japan, Use QR Codes & You’ll be Happy
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Sho Kawai, Japanese Philosopher with Cerebral Palsy to Ask ‘Questions, Questions’ on New NHK Program
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #11: Osaka Company Develops Smart Remote Control for People with Disabilities
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #10: Aeon Cinema Chain Apologizes Over Access Debacle
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #9: Social Media Responds to Wheelchair User’s Post about Cinema Access
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #8: Wheelchair User Denied Accessible Space at Tokyo Cinema
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #7: A No News Stormy/Sunny First Day of Spring!
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #6: The Spring Equinox Holiday Edition!
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #5: Japan Gender Identity Society Renamed to Avoid Medicalized Language
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #4: McDonalds App Fail A Barrier to News Stories!
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #3: Further Details on the ‘Hokkaido Farm Abuse Case’
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #2: Evening Edition
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #2: High Wages, Low Wages Japan for the Disabled
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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The First Edition of the 'Shog-A.I. Shimbun'!
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Disability News About Japan Now Powered By AI!
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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Father Speaks About His Daughter, The Late Yuri Hayashi, ALS Patient
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Kyoto Court Sentences Doctor To 18 Years In Prison For Killing Yuri Hayashi, ALS Patient
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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‘Assist Mats’ Begin to Appear in 7-11 Branches in Japan
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Kanagawa Group Homes Investigated Over Alleged Evictions
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Japan’s Barrier Free Laws Regarding Wheelchair User Spaces to be Revised
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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‘Mark - A Call to Action’: A ‘Review’
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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‘Mark - A Call to Action’ Premiere at Sophia University, 25th February 2024
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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A Good/Bad Disability News Japan Weekend
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Health Care in Ishikawa After Quake & Off to Tokyo!
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Japan’s Land And Transport Ministries Report & The Language Of ‘Barrier Free’ Law
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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'Mark - A Call To Action' Documentary About Being Disabled To Premiere In Tokyo
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Disabled User of Ibaraki City Facility Suffers Serious Burns, Carers Did Not Check Bath Temperature
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Non-Sterilized Trans Man Wins Right To Change Gender at Okayama Family Court
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Aichi Governor Condemns Care Provider ‘Megumi’ over “economic abuse” of People with Disabilities
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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One Month After Quake, Ishikawa Disabled Facility Users, Families and Carers Moved to Aichi
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Gunma Disabled Man Files Criminal Charges After Being Called “Socially Unacceptable” Online
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Almost One Month After Quake in Japan, Vulnerable People Struggle [NHK News, Audio in English]
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Scanning Errors: QR Codes Might Encroach on Barrier Free Travel in Japan
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Japan's Politicians With Disabilities Meet To Discuss Quake Response
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Disabled in Ishikawa Turn Down Secondary Evacuation, Education Ministry Reports on Disabled Students
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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In Quake-Affected Areas, Residents of Facilities for Disabled Turn Down Secondary Evacuation
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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NHK ‘Baribara’ on Noto Peninsula Quake, Comedian ‘Esper’ Ito Dies after Epileptic Seizure
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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NHK News Report on Elderly & Disabled Noto Peninsula Earthquake Evacuees [English Audio]
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Japan’s Welfare Ministry Finds Major Care Home Company for Disabled ‘Megumi’ Overcharging for Food
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Noto Peninsula Earthquake Aftershock 16th January 2024 @ 18:42
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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After Quake, People with Health Conditions Are Concerned About "unfamiliar" Hospitals
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Are Japan’s Train Stations Going to Become an Empire of QR Codes?
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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After the Quake, Concerns Rise for Service Users and Staff at Ishikawa Care Facilities
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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Concerns Grow for Elderly as Deaths from Indirect Causes after Quake Increase
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Death Toll from Central Japan Quake Exceeds 200
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Ishikawa Experiences Medical Woes After Quake, Supply Shortage And Infections A Concern
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Five Days Later and Over 100 Dead
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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Residents of Ishikawa Care Homes Unable to Use Toilet or Take a Bath
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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72 Hours Later And Concerns About The Elderly And Disabled
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Aftershocks from the ‘2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake’
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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As If The New Year Should Tremble To Begin…
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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At Nagoya Castle Debate Wheelchair User Told “Don’t confuse equality with your selfishness”
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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The ‘BoxingHeimer Day’ Episode
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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The Disabled and Elderly in Japan: ‘Silent Night’ Edition
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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Citizens Debate Held Over Restoration of Nagoya Castle and Discriminatory Remarks Towards Disabled
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Manager of Facility for the Disabled Arrested by Osaka Prefectural Police for Assaulting Woman
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Mark Bookman (1991 - 2022) In Remembrance and Action One Year Later
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Disability Welfare Organizations Highlight Staff Shortages Ahead of Next Fiscal Year
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Parents of Severely Disabled Boy Lose Appeal Claiming Son Illegally Sent to Special Needs School
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Disabled Man Awarded Damages Over Online Hate Speech
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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Tokyo Lawyers Offer Free Telephone Consultations During ‘Disabled Persons Week’
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Disabled Kids In Nagano Get Night Trip To The Zoo!
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Employees at Chiba Facility for Disabled Post Photos of Patients Defecating on LINE
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Three Hokkaido Farm Workers with Intellectual Disabilities File Lawsuit Over Alleged Abuse
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Japan’s Health Ministry to “Take Measures” After ‘Megumi’ Homes Overcharges for Food for Disabled
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Tokyo Govt Offers 200 Visually Impaired Free Tickets to Paris Paralympics 2024 Judo Qualifying Event
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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Survey Reports Abuse By Jehovah’s Witnesses In Japan
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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The Apocalypse In Japan Will Be Podcasted!
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Consultation Service Set Up For Disabled Users Overcharged For Food At Group Homes
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Kyoto Police Officer Confesses to Stealing Cash from People with Dementia
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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How Dare You Become A ‘Care Leaver’ In Japan?
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Do Disabled Tokyoites Want a ‘Heart to Heart Handshake’?
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Wheelchairs In Japan Are Burning!
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Kanagawa Care Facility Employee Arrested for Assault “was in a hurry”
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Kanagawa Prefecture Facility For Disabled Employee Arrested For Assaulting User
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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Japan’s Supreme Court Grand Bench To Rule On Forced Sterilization Damages
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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First Prison in Japan to House Only Young Inmates with Developmental and Other Disabilities Opens
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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First Reaction After Watching Sagamihara-inspired Film ‘Moon’
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Sony Unveils New Video Game Controller For Gamers With Disabilities
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Disabled Actors Star In ‘Sagamihara Massacre’ Inspired Film ‘Moon’
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Reports Of Abuse At Takatsuki City Care Facility To Be Investigated
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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Emperor and Empress of Japan Attend National Arts and Culture Event for Disabled People
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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On Recent Cases Of Suspected Abuse At Mie Care Facilities
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Are Disabled People In Japan Ready For 'Society 5.0'?
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Tokyo’s Edogawa City Ward Office to Enter the ‘Metaverse’
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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October 2023: 75th Anniversary of Helen Keller’s 1948 Visit to Japan
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Yokohama City Recognizes Two Cases of Abuse at Facilities for Persons with Disabilities
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Intellectually Disabled Mother Potentially Separated From Child
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Unauthorized Access to Data about Deaf People at Mie Support Centre
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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The JR Shibuya Disability Accessibility Report
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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The Pre-Visiting Tokyo Podcast
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Matching App ‘Irodori’ for Disabled in Japan Reaches 10,000 Downloads
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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‘Sagamihara Massacre' Prefectural Government May Privatize Care Homes
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Obsession To Care For Disabled Wife By Himself Led Man To Kill Her
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Disabled in Japan’s Workplace Experienced 600 Cases of Financial Abuse, 47 Verbal & 24 Physical
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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656 Disabled Abused in the Workplace in Japan in FY2022
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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Osaka Kansai World Expo 2025 To Make Diversity A Theme
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Trial Starts Over 2019 KyoAni Arson Attack, Suspect Admits Charges
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics Emblem Unveiled & 90 Year-Old Wheelchair-User Summits Mt. Fuji
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Nagoya subway replaces platform timetables with QR codes to cut costs
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Suspected Abuse at Care Facilities for People with Disabilities in Mie Prefecture Reported
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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The Saga Of Nagoya Castle’s Accessibility Issues Continues...
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Japan’s Princess Kako Attends High School Sign Language Speech Contest
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Survey by Tokyo Recruiting Firm Finds People with Intellectual Disabilities Struggle to Find Jobs
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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‘Unmanned stations’ Prompts Disability Groups in Japan to Worry About Freedom of Movement
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Nagano Government Revokes ‘Designated’ Status of Employment Support Company for Disabled over Abuse
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Twenty-Six Prefectures in Japan ‘blacked out’ Information on Former Eugenic Protection Law Victims
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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The Robots Are Coming! (To Take Care of You, We Promise)
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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The Post Typhoon Lan One
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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The Sound Of The Typhoon
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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‘Administrative Sanctions’ for Nagasaki Care Facility Over Abuse of Disabled Users
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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Between Typhoon Days & Disabled Resident of Hokkaido Facility Falls Out of 2nd Floor Window, Injured
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Typhoon and a Lack of “special consideration” for Employees with Children with Disabilities in Japan
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Former Director of Osaka Prefecture Facility for Disabled Arrested for Quasi-forced Indecency
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Shinya Tateiwa, Japanese Disability Studies Scholar Dies Aged 62
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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The Comprehensive Encyclopedia Of Disabilities
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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First Eulogy by a Resident of Sagamihara Massacre Facility Given by Yukari Okutsu
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Sao Ichikawa, A Woman with a Disability, Wins Japan’s Prestigious Literary Prize
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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Daughter & Siblings Arrested for Abusing Wheelchair-Using Grandmother of Dead 6 Year Old Boy in Kobe
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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Forced Sterilization & Itoham's Request For Interview With Disabled Employee To Be Cut Controversy
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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"My Name Is Junko Iizuka, I Was Forced To Undergo Eugenics Surgery"
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Nagoya Mayor Apologizes for Discriminatory Remarks Toward the Disabled in 'Public Castle Debate’
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Newsweek Japan Responds to Hiroshima Mazda Wheelchair Video Apology Calling It "unbelievable"
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May 20, 2023 |
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Golden Week Over and 35% of Chiba Residents with Disabilities "felt" Human Rights Violations
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May 08, 2023 |
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Hiroshima Mazda Car Dealer's TikTok Video Imitating Wheelchair Users Causes Storm Online
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May 02, 2023 |
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Barrier Free Korea Part II: 'Subway-Riding Protests’ by People with Disabilities in Korea
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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Japan Ski Federation for the Disabled Coach Fired After Claims of Rape by Female Staff Member
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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The Late Mark Bookman’s ‘Call To Action’ About International Disability Education
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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My Hospitalisation & More COVID Cases at Shimane’s Care Facilities
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Acquiring Bodily ‘Help’ Marks in Japan
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Five Former Staff Members of Hokkaido Care Facility for Disabled Charged with Assault
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Barrier Free Korea: Korean Disability Rights Protester Park Kyoung-seok Arrested
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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SPA! Magazine Highlights Workers Worry About Disclosing Developmental Disabilities
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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JR East Raises Ticket Prices As ‘Barrier Free Fees’
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Japan Revises Disability Discrimination Laws, Businesses Have To Make 'Reasonable Accommodations'
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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'A Personal Matter' Author Kenzaburo Oe Dies & ‘No Mask Day’ In Japan
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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12 Years After 3.11 Earthquake Evacuation Plans for Disabled Remains Vague
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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Sexual Assault At Facilities For The Disabled & (In)Convenience Stores
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Article Co-Authored by Japan Based Disability Studies Scholar Mark R. Bookman Published Posthumously
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Be Careful How You Police Accessibility In Japan
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Lawsuit Over Deaf Girl’s Death In Osaka Raises Questions About The Value Of A Life
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Mar 02, 2023 |