People with Disabilities Face Challenges after Kumamoto Quake

Evacuee life poses various challenges for those with disabilities, the elderly and other vulnerable people following last month’s massive earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto. Keisuke Wakiyama, a 49-year-old evacuee with hearing loss living at an evacuation center in the city of Kumamoto, said he initially went without food because he was unaware that disaster relief goods were being handed out. Episode notes: ’People with Disabilities Face Challenges after Kumamoto Quake’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2026/08/26/people-with-disabilities-face-challenges-after-kumamoto-quake/