Disability News Japan
304 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 12 hours ago -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 available every Friday at 6am Japan Time.
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Number of infected at Chiba care home increases, Sagamihara killer’s defense team withdraws appeal
April 02, 2020 21:00 - 3 minutes - 3.52 MBEpisode links: 95 people confirmed as infected with COVID-19 at Chiba welfare facility for the disabled: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2020/04/01/95-people-confirmed-as-infected-with-covid-19-at-chiba-welfare-facility-for-the-disabled/ As death sentence is finalized, Sagamihara killer says he was “wrong to continue the trial”: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2020/04/01/as-death-sentence-is-finalized-sagamihara-killer-says-he-was-wrong-to-continue-the-trial/
58 Test Positive for Coronavirus at Chiba Prefecture Facility for Disabled People
March 29, 2020 21:00 - 2 minutes - 2.42 MBEpisode links: Chiba Governor Kensaku Morita held a press conference on the night of the 28th, calling it a “grave situation” and saying that a total of 58 people were newly infected, including 32 of the staff of the Hokuso Ikusei-en facility as well as 26 of the residents. https://barrierfreejapan.com/2020/03/28/57-people-at-chiba-welfare-facility-for-persons-with-disabilities-infected-with-new-coronavirus/ Sagamihara killer’s defense team to apply to appeal death sentence: https://barri...
As deadline approaches, Sagamihara killer re-states that he will not appeal death sentence
March 26, 2020 21:00 - 6 minutes - 6.3 MBEpisode links: On March 24, the man convicted of killing 19 disabled residents and injuring dozens more restated his intention to not appeal his death sentence. Satoshi Uematsu said: “I had expected to be given the death sentence, but I’m not satisfied with the contents of the trial because it proceeded on the assumption that people with disabilities have human rights.” https://barrierfreejapan.com/2020/03/26/as-deadline-approaches-sagamihara-killer-re-states-that-he-will-not-appeal-death-s...
Lawmaker with cerebral palsy excluded from COVID-19 Countermeasures Committee
March 24, 2020 10:00 - 3 minutes - 3.6 MBEpisode links: On Thursday March 19th, Eiko Kimura, a representative of the House of Councillors and a member of the Reiwa Shinsengumi, who has cerebral palsy, was excluded from a cross-party committee meeting about the novel coronavirus threat. https://barrierfreejapan.com/2020/03/23/lawmaker-with-cerebral-palsy-excluded-from-covid-19-committee-meeting-claims-discrimination/
Sagamihara killer given death penalty & COVID-19
March 20, 2020 11:48 - 6 minutes - 5.66 MBEpisode links: The Yokohama District Court sentenced Satoshi Uematsu (30) to death on March 16th for killing 19 residents and injuring 26 others at a care home in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture in July 2016: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2020/03/16/sagamihara-massacre-defendant-receives-death-penalty/ Sagamihara Care Home Killings documents to be archived: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2020/03/19/documents-and-materials-relating-to-sagamihara-care-home-killings-to-be-permanently-pres...
Coronavirus, Paralympics & A Lack Of News
February 28, 2020 21:00 - 4 minutes - 4.09 MBParalympics: IPC to continue preps for Tokyo Games despite coronavirus Episode links: The International Paralympic Committee said Thursday it will stay the course in preparations for this summer’s Tokyo Games despite mounting concerns over the spread of coronavirus in Japan. https://barrierfreejapan.com/2020/02/28/paralympics-ipc-to-continue-preps-for-tokyo-games-despite-coronavirus/
On the Fourth Day of Hearings, the Families of the Sagamihara Victims Speak Out in Court
January 16, 2020 21:00 - 1 minute - 1.52 MBNHK reports on the fourth day of hearings, the families of the Sagamihara victims speak out in court.
NHK Reports the First Day of the ‘Sagamihara Massacre’ Trial
January 08, 2020 21:00 - 2 minutes - 2.56 MBEpisode links: A man accused of killing 19 residents and injuring dozens more in a knife rampage at a care home for mentally disabled people near Tokyo in 2016 pleaded not guilty Wednesday in court, insisting he was mentally incompetent. https://barrierfreejapan.com/2020/01/08/man-pleads-not-guilty-over-2016-mass-murder-of-19-people-at-care-home/
A New Year and a New Trial for the Suspect in the Sagamihara Massacre
January 03, 2020 21:00 - 2 minutes - 2.01 MBEpisode links: A man accused of killing 19 residents and injuring dozens more at a care home for people with mental disabilities in Kanagawa Prefecture in 2016 said on Monday 23rd December that he will admit to charges of murder and attempted murder at his trial, slated to begin on January 8th. It was previously reported by Kyodo News that the he would plead not guilty. https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/12/24/confusion-over-how-care-home-killings-suspect-intends-to-plead/
Meri Kurisumasu from The Disability News Japan Podcast
December 21, 2019 21:00 - 1 minute - 1.44 MBEpisode links: IT’S CHRISTMAS! This will probably my last ‘Disability News Japan’ podcast of 2019, although there is an interesting report about how FY 2018 was a record high for abuse of people with disabilities in Japan as 2,745 were recorded. The trial of the suspect in the Sagamihara ‘stabbings’ or ‘massacre’ case will begin on January 8th 2020 https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/12/20/abuses-against-disabled-hit-record-2745-in-japan-in-fy-2018/
Sagamihara care home stabbings accused to plead not guilty
December 19, 2019 21:00 - 2 minutes - 2.1 MBEpisode links: A man accused of killing 19 residents at a care home for mentally disabled people near Tokyo is expected to plead not guilty at a trial to begin ion January 8th, sources reported on Friday 13th December. https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/12/14/sagamihara-care-home-stabbings-accused-to-plead-not-guilty/
PM Abe: Shredding of Hanami Invites Due to “the work schedule of the disabled contractor in charge"
December 05, 2019 21:00 - 3 minutes - 3.65 MBEpisode links: Under questioning in parliament on Tuesday, PM Abe repeated this explanation, adding the shredding took place when it did “because of the work schedule of the disabled contractor in charge”. https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/12/04/prime-minister-abe-blames-shredding-of-documents-of-cherry-blossom-viewing-party-on-the-work-schedule-of-the-disabled-contractor-in-charge/
Disabled Japanese lawmaker Eiko Kimura's first question concerns accessibility at public facilities
November 07, 2019 21:00 - 1 minute - 1.79 MBEpisode links: Eiko Kimura, a member of the Reiwa Shinsengumi political party, who has a severe disability, asked her first question at the National Land Transportation Committee on November 5th. Kimura, who was elected for the first time in the Summer, at House of Councilors election, faced the first question at the House of Councilors Land Transportation Committee on the 5th, and gave her opinion to the government about making public facilities barrier-free. https://barrierfreejapan.com/2...
International Paralympic Committee says 2020 marathon to proceed in Tokyo
October 31, 2019 21:00 - 5 minutes - 4.91 MBEpisode links: The 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games marathon will proceed in the Japanese capital as planned, International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons said Thursday. Parsons made the statement after meeting in Tokyo with local organizing committee chief Yoshiro Mori as talks continue between the Tokyo metropolitan government and the International Olympic Committee on the relocation of the Olympic marathon and race walk events to Sapporo. https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/10/31...
Elderly woman falls to her death in Typhoon Hagibis rescue operation
October 17, 2019 12:02 - 4 minutes - 3.71 MBEpisode links: A woman in her 70s died after accidentally falling from a helicopter in a rescue operation during Typhoon Hagibis. The Tokyo Fire Department apologized on October 13th for the accident, saying that rescuers forgot to attach the hook of her safety harness. https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/10/15/elderly-woman-falls-to-her-death-in-typhoon-hagibis-rescue-operation-updated/
Japanese government and manufacturers promote electric wheelchairs for the elderly
September 19, 2019 21:00 - 11 minutes - 11 MBpisode links: The Japanese government and manufacturers are promoting electric wheelchairs as a means of transportation to replace automobiles at a time when elderly people are increasingly returning their driver’s licenses. https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/09/18/japanese-government-and-manufacturers-promote-electric-wheelchairs/
Nagoya father admits killing disabled son, defense says “defendant should not be blamed.”
September 05, 2019 21:00 - 7 minutes - 7.27 MBEpisode links: A man aged 52, accused of murdering his eldest son who lived with him in his home in Kita-ku, Nagoya, has admitted to strangling him in January 2018. The defendant was quoted as saying “I strangled my son”. The defense asked for a probationary sentence saying that “the eldest son had a disability and that the defendant should not be blamed.” https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/09/05/i-strangled-my-son-father-of-disabled-son-admits-at-nagoya-district-court/
One year until the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics & Japan fails to meet employment targets for the disabled
August 29, 2019 21:00 - 3 minutes - 3.35 MBEpisode links: Japan’s Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Wednesday that 17 of 44 government entities saw their numbers of workers with disabilities fall short of necessary levels as of June 1st this year. https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/08/29/japans-employment-rate-of-disabled-2-3-still-below-legal-level-as-of-june/
Newly Elected Japanese Lawmaker with ALS has Problems Accessing the Diet
August 01, 2019 14:23 - 2 minutes - 1.9 MBEpisode links: Since there was no ramp at the main entrance, recently elected Yasuhiko Funago of Reiwa Shinsengumi, who has ALS had to enter via the rear entrance on August 1st, for an 'extraordinary session' of the Diet. 'Japan lawmakers with severe disabilities attend 1st Diet session' https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/08/2be2923e7f1b-update1-japan-lawmakers-with-severe-disabilities-attend-1st-diet-session.html https://barrierfreejapan.wordpress.com/2019/07/25/sagamihara-accused-i...
Sagamihara accused :“I won’t claim that I’m unable to take criminal responsibility”
July 25, 2019 21:00 - 7 minutes - 7.07 MBEpisode links: The suspect accused of the 2016 massacre at a care home for people with mental disabilities in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, has said he will not claim that he is mentally incompetent to take responsibility for the attack in his upcoming trial. https://barrierfreejapan.wordpress.com/2019/07/25/sagamihara-accused-i-wont-claim-that-im-unable-to-take-criminal-responsibility/
At G-20 dinner, Prime Minister Abe calls installing elevators at Osaka Castle a ‘big mistake’
July 11, 2019 21:00 - 6 minutes - 5.59 MBEpisode links: A remark made by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a Group of 20 dinner that the installation of elevators at Osaka Castle was a “big mistake” has been criticized as lacking consideration for disabled people and especially inappropriate ahead of the Tokyo Paralympics next year. https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/06/30/at-g-20-summit-dinner-japanese-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-says-installing-elevators-at-osaka-castle-a-big-mistake/
Stabbing of a Police Officer in Osaka Prefecture, the Japanese Media and Mental Health
June 20, 2019 20:59 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBEpisode links: 33-year-old arrested over attack on Osaka Prefecture policeman https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/06/18/33-year-old-arrested-over-attack-on-osaka-prefecture-policeman/ In response to questioning, Iimori reportedly said: “That’s not something I did. I think it happened because my illness got worse and the people around me got worse.” I misspoke on the podcast, although I did correct it later in the recording. The police officer Kose whose first name is Suzunosuke, is still in...
“If you have not experienced the discrimination the disabled receive, then you cannot understand.”
May 26, 2019 21:00 - 3 minutes - 3.39 MB“If you have not experienced the kind of discrimination the disabled receive, then you cannot understand it.” Episode links: Forced Sterilization case is heard at the Kobe District Court: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/05/23/forced-sterilization-case-is-heard-at-the-kobe-district-court/ Forced
Trial Date for Sagamihara Stabbings Suspect Set
May 02, 2019 21:00 - 7 minutes - 6.67 MBEpisode links: The suspect will face trial on January 8th 2020. https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/04/25/sagamihara-stabbings-suspects-trial-to-begin-january-2020/
Disability News Japan: The XL Golden Week Edition
April 25, 2019 21:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBSince there is an extra long Golden Week because of the Emperor’s abdication, marking the end of the Heisei era and the beginning of the Reiwa era, there might be a lack of news, so I made an extra long podcast. April 29th and May 3rd to 6th are already assigned as national and public holidays. May 1st is designated as a national holiday, April 30th and May 2nd will become public holidays, resulting in a rare 10-day vacation period beginning April 27th, which falls on a Saturday. Hopefully,...
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Marathon Event Information Confirmed by Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee
April 11, 2019 21:00 - 1 minute - 1.79 MBEpisode links: The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) confirmed the route of the Paralympic marathon events, following its approval by the World Para Athletics organization. Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Marathon event classes announced: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/04/08/tokyo-2020-paralympics-marathon-classes-announced/ Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Marathon Course Confirmed (via Accessible Japan @AccessibleJapan on Twitter): https://www.accessible-japan.co...
Japan’s ‘New Era’ is called ‘Reiwa’, unless you are deaf, then it might be called 'Meiwa'
April 04, 2019 21:00 - 2 minutes - 2.21 MBEpisode links: “[The] Japanese government[sic] announced the new era name on April 1st 2019. However, the JSL interpreter next to chief cabinet secretary made a mistake. The new era name is “Reiwa” which has two Chinerse characters – ‘rei’ and ‘wa’ However, the deaf signers figerspelling [sic] showed it as ‘Mei-wai’ the first broadcast. The TV broadcat will be reproduced many times in the future and many Deaf Japanese people might find the mistake again and again though hearing people would...
Two years and eight months after massacre of disabled people, Sagamihara care home is dismantled
March 28, 2019 21:00 - 4 minutes - 3.97 MBEpisode links: The facility for people with intellectual disabilities called “Tsukui Yamayurien” in Sagamihara City where 19 people disabled people were killed on July 26th 2016, has been dismantled. https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/03/27/two-years-and-eight-months-after-massacre-of-disabled-people-sagamihara-care-home-is-dismantled/
Disability News Japan Hyogo police to compensate disabled man after illegal DNA collection
March 21, 2019 21:00 - 3 minutes - 3.21 MBEpisode links: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/03/14/hyogo-prefectural-police-instructed-pay-compensation-over-illegal-dna-collection-from-intellectually-disabled-man/
Tokyo Hospital approved surgeon's proposal to stop dialysis for non-terminal kidney disease patients
March 14, 2019 21:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBThe director of a hospital in Fussa, Tokyo, where a woman with a kidney ailment died after a surgeon discontinued dialysis on her with her consent, has admitted that he approved the surgeon's proposal to stop such treatment. "In ordinary medical practices, doctors offer various options for treatment," Takeshi Matsuyama, head of Fussa Hospital in the western Tokyo city of Fussa, said in an interview with the Mainichi Shimbun. Website links: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/03/09/20-nontermi...
Disability News Japan Attention! There are only stairs!
March 07, 2019 21:00 - 4 minutes - 4.05 MBBarrier Free Japan went to JR Shibuya Station to see how accessible it might be for disabled people. Website links (includes images & video): https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/03/07/attention-there-are-only-stairs-at-jr-shibuya-unless-you-take-the-south-ticket-gate/
Disability News Japan Ep 18 Yumi Suzuki, who has cerebral palsy, files forced sterilization lawsuit
February 28, 2019 21:00 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBEpisode Weblink: Yumi Suzuki, a woman with cerebral palsy, who is now 63 years old, filed a civil lawsuit at the Kobe District Court on Wednesday February 27th seeking compensation of 11 million yen for violations she experienced under the former Eugenic Protection Law, which was a law enforced in Japan from 1948 until 1996. According to Yumi Suzuki, who is living in bed and was using a wheelchair from early childhood, she was taken to a hospital by the family in the spring of 1968, and wa...
Disability News Japan Episode 17 Will Wheelchair Users in Japan be left ‘Standing in the Doorway?’
February 21, 2019 21:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBA group representing disabled people in Japan has said the doorway width stipulated in a planned amendment of Tokyo's barrier-free ordinance for hotels is unlikely to be wide enough for many wheelchairs. Under the Road Traffic Act, wheelchair users are regarded as pedestrians as long as the vehicle they ride in measures no more than 120 centimeters in length, 70 centimeters in width and 109 centimeters in height. Even in the case of an electric wheelchair, if the maximum speed was 6 kilomet...
Disability News Japan Episode 16 Disabled Japanese Actress Mei Kayama stars in ’37 Seconds’
February 14, 2019 21:00 - 4 minutes - 3.79 MBIn “37 Seconds” Japanese director Hikari chose to tackle a topic that, she said, audiences in her country were reluctant to embrace. Her protagonist, played by amateur actress Mei Kayama, has cerebral palsy. Episode Weblink: Sex and disability make for a tenderly humorous Japanese drama: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/02/14/sex-and-disability-make-for-tenderly-humorous-japanese-drama/ Accessibility & Japan Related Links: Accessible Travel Forum: https://www.accessibletravelforum.com ...
Disability News Japan Episode 15 A new ‘Moon’ and Two new Forced Sterilization lawsuits
January 31, 2019 21:00 - 4 minutes - 3.75 MBA novel titled ‘Moon’, which depicts a fictionalized version of the Sagamihara killing: was published in October 2018; and in late January 2019, two civil lawsuits were filed over forced sterilization, one in Kumamoto and the other in Osaka. Episode Weblinks: A novel titled ‘Moon’ depicts a fictionalized version of the Sagamihara killings: http://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/01/29/a-novel-titled-moon-depicts-a-fictionalized-version-of-the-sagamihara-killings/ Woman from Kumamoto forced to ha...
Disability News Japan Episode 14 The ‘No News’ Podcast
January 17, 2019 21:00 - 4 minutes - 4.21 MBThere just aren't that many stories about disability in Japan yet in 2019! I'm sure will appear soon! Episode Weblinks: Japan Government to allow disabled people to work part time beforehand: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/01/15/japan-govt-to-allow-disabled-people-to-work-part-time-beforehand/ Sagamihara defendant interviewed in December 2018: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/01/01/sagamihara-defendant-interviewed-in-december-2018/ Accessibility & Japan Related Links: Accessible Tra...
Disability News Japan Happy New Year! Disability Employment Legislation to be Revised
January 03, 2019 21:00 - 2 minutes - 1.98 MBHappy New Year! 明けましておめでとうございます！Welcome to the Year of the boar! A draft of the bill to revise the Employment Promotion Act for Persons with Disabilities submitted to the ordinary Diet session next year by the government was announced on Thursday 3rd January 2019, to deal with the problem in increasing the employment of persons with disabilities such as central ministries. Episode Weblink: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2018/12/31/draft-employment-act-for-disabled-persons-to-be-announced-by-ja...
Disability News Japan Episode 13 “Give me back a body that can bear children.”
December 16, 2018 21:00 - 7 minutes - 6.7 MBhe first oral arguments were heard in the district court here on Dec. 12 in the case of a 75-year-old woman with intellectual disabilities from western Japan suing the government for compensation over her forced sterilization surgery under the eugenic protection law (1948-1996). Facing the courtroom to give her testimony, the woman lamented, “Give me back a body that can bear children.” Episode Weblink: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2018/12/14/return-my-body-that-can-bear-children-testimony-be...
Disability News Japan Episode 12 Bereaved family writes about Sagamihara killings
December 01, 2018 21:00 - 7 minutes - 7.21 MBSince the Sagamihara killings, a bereaved family who lost their son (aged 41)wrote a note describing their feelings, a note that was printed in Kyodo News, saying “I would like to see you. My thoughts are getting stronger.” It has been two years and four months since the occurrence on 26th. “We are paying more attention to people with disabilities”. Episode Weblink: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2018/11/27/looking-to-people-with-disabilities-a-bereaved-family-writes-about-sagamihara-killing-c...
Disability News Japan Episode 11 The No Wine Tasting & No News Podcast
November 25, 2018 21:00 - 5 minutes - 5.03 MBI hope y’all had a good Thanksgiving and will have a good holiday season. Since we all tend to have holidays, Christmas, New Year and such – including the Apple Podcast staff it seems – until 2019 I may not upload a video every week unless something big turns up, which I hope it won’t as it might mean bad news. So unless something big turns up, I hope you all have a good holiday Episode Weblink: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2018/11/22/man-in-wheelchair-sues-department-store-over-wine-tasting...
Disability News Japan Episode 10 Disabled ‘Power Harassment’ Victim “was saved by going to trial”
November 15, 2018 21:00 - 5 minutes - 5.03 MBSuzuki said: "It is my wish to have an environment that allows people with disabilities like me to work” Episode Weblink: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2018/11/08/after-out-of-court-settlement-an-intellectually-disabled-man-describes-power-harassment-at-tokyo-company/Interesting Accessibility & Japan Related Links: Accessible Travel Forum: https://www.accessibletravelforum.com Accessible Japan: https://www.accessible-japan.com
Disability News Japan Episode 9B Quake-hit Hokkaido to build temp facilities for disabled & elderly
November 12, 2018 13:09 - 5 minutes - 5.13 MB“The northernmost prefecture plans to have the facilities ready for prospective residents before the end of this year, they said. Hokkaido has devised the plan so that these people displaced by the quake can stay together and maintain their communities. It is hoped that the arrangement can prevent their health from worsening due to sudden changes in their living conditions caused by the quake disaster. The project is the first of its kind in Japan, according to experts.” Episode Weblink: htt...
Disability News Japan Episode 9 Two months after Hokkaido quake, Blind people lack assistance
November 08, 2018 21:00 - 10 minutes - 9.51 MBTwo months after an earthquake in Hokkaido, many visually impaired people continue to suffer. Even those who have not had their homes destroyed, cannot clean up the interior where household goods have scattered, etc., and assistance from those nearby is indispensable for rebuilding their lives. Episode Weblink: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2018/11/07/two-months-after-hokkaido-earthquake-visually-impaired-people-lack-assistance/ Interesting Accessibility & Japan Related Links: Accessible Tr...
Disability News Japan Episode８PM Abe “Sorry” for “Neglected” Disability Employment
November 04, 2018 21:00 - 5 minutes - 4.99 MBPrime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a House of Representatives Budget Committee on the morning of November 2nd that the central ministries had been increasing the number of persons with disabilities, “I am sorry as a head of an administration for a problem that had been neglected for nearly 20 years,” Abe said, responding to a question from Junya Ogawa of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in the House of Representatives. Episode Weblink: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2018/11/04/japan...
Disability News Japan Episode 7 Padded Jobs
November 01, 2018 21:00 - 20 minutes - 19 MBDisability News Japan Episode 7 Padded Jobs According to a report by a third-party inquiry panel, a total of 3,700 employees at 28 ministries, agencies and other government bodies had been counted inappropriately as disabled workers as of June 1, 2017. Episode Weblink: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2018/10/23/japan-ministries-counted-dead-and-retired-people-in-totals-to-meet-legal-disability-quotas/ https://barrierfreejapan.com/2018/10/24/questions-linger-on-govt-padding-of-disabled-workf...
Disability News Japan Ep 6 Forced Sterilization “Not informing victims means not compensating them”
October 31, 2018 11:34 - 7 minutes - 7.23 MB“The nondisclosure policy, which would even be applied to victims with surgery records, is designed to protect the victims’ privacy, say its drafters. But caregivers of victims with intellectual disabilities and experts suspect that its hidden goal is to limit the number of people who come forward to receive the compensation.” Episode Weblink: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2018/10/31/govt-silence-on-sterilization-damage-to-victims-faces-criticism-from-experts/ Other Interesting Accessibility...
Disability News Japan Episode 5 Paralympics posters removed from JR Tokyo Station
October 25, 2018 21:00 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBThe posters were part of a series with quotations from 23 athletes with disabilities. One of the athletes is quoting as saying: “Disability is nothing but an excuse. If I lose a game, it only means I’m weak.” The Disability News Japan is the podcast accompanying Barrier Free Japan's website. It is a weekly digest of some of the news about disability, hosted by Michael Gillan Peckitt. New episodes will usually be available every Friday at 6am Japan Time. Episode Weblink: https://barrierfreej...
Disability News Japan Episode 4 The Dead and Retired Japanese Government Disabled Employees
October 23, 2018 13:45 - 7 minutes - 7.24 MBJapanese Ministries and agencies “arbitrarily interpreted” guidelines for employing disabled people and counted people who were retired or even dead among their numbers in an attempt to meet legal quotas for the employment od disability people. The Disability News Japan is the podcast accompanying Barrier Free Japan's website. It is a weekly digest of some of the news about disability, hosted by Michael Gillan Peckitt. New episodes will usually be available every Friday at 3pm Japan Time. W...
Disability News Japan Episode 3B The Accessible Travel Forum
October 22, 2018 11:06 - 2 minutes - 1.96 MBThe Disability News Japan is the podcast accompanying Barrier Free Japan's website. It is a weekly digest of some of the news about disability, hosted by Michael Gillan Peckitt. New episodes will usually be available every Friday at 3pm Japan Time. Accessible Travel Forum (Website): https://www.accessibletravelforum.com Accessible Travel Forum (Twitter): @AccessibleTF Accessible Japan (Website): https://www.accessible-japan.com Accessible Japan (Twitter): @AccessibleJapan
Disability News Japan Episode 3 The Tale of the Yakuza and the Hearing Impaired Woman
October 19, 2018 14:32 - 5 minutes - 4.91 MBThe Disability News Japan is the podcast accompanying Barrier Free Japan's website. It is a weekly digest of some of the news about disability, hosted by Michael Gillan Peckitt. New episodes will usually available every Friday at 3pm Japan Time. This week, and under-reported news story about the Yakzua threatening a hearing impaired woman. Weblink: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2018/10/14/three-arrested-for-assaulting-hearing-impaired-woman-japanese-crime-groups-members-allegedly-involved/