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Disability News Japan — 522 episodes
Instructor Arrested for Indecent Acts Against Woman with Developmental Disability Told Her They Were “going to practice making a baby”
Naha-based Disability Employment Agency Scandal: Company Received Fee of 200,000 Yen Per Hire
Passengers Taken to Hospital After Spraying Incident on JR East Train
Okinawa Company Denies Hiring People with Disabilities and Prohibiting Contact with Employer
Japan's Labour Ministry Suspects Abuse of Remote Work Systems for People with Disabilities as Use Triples
On People With Disabilities Who Go Missing in Japan
Osaka City files criminal complaint against Kizuna Holdings over 15 billion Yen in fraudulent disability employment support funds
Japanese Tabloid Investigates Misuse Of Disability ‘Help Mark’ as ‘Life Hack’
Some Notes on Blindness in Japan During Golden Week
The Showa Day Pod: Earthquake Advisories Lifted & ‘Disability Dating App’ Fraudster Suspects Re-Arrested
Earthquake with upper Shindo 5 intensity strikes Hokkaido, northern Japan
Oita District Court Rejects Disabled People’s Claim over Unmanned Stations, Citing “Excessive Burden” on JR Kyushu
Male Radiologist Found Guilty of Molesting Fukuoka Female Student with Intellectual Disabilities During Medical Exam
‘Subsequent Earthquake Advisory’ Issued Plus 24 Hours
'Subsequent Earthquake Advisory' Time
7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Northeastern Japan, Tsunami Warnings Issued
“The users are the victims”: After ‘Kizuna Holdings’ Scandal, 1,280 Disabled Service Users to Lose Jobs
Two Strong Earthquakes, Magnitude 5, Hits Nagano Prefecture
Japan to Lift Organ Donation Curbs on Europe Stayers
Government Survey Indicates 4.5 Percent in Japan Constantly Feel Lonely
Tokyo Police Arrest Ex-Child Facility Worker for Indecent Assault Against 5-Year-Old Girl with Disability
Sapporo Employment Support Agency Executive Referred to Prosecutors Over False Disability Claims
Tokyo’s Toshima Ward Revokes Designation of Deaf Child Daycare Centre Over 58.3 Million Yen Fraud, Falsified Staff Reports
60% of Workers in Japan with Mental or Developmental Disabilities Do Not Disclose Disability
Novel Alzheimer’s Therapies Given to Less than 20 Percent of Applicants in Japan
Disabled Service Users at Employment Facility Exploiting Benefit Loopholes “felt something like guilt”
Nearly 500 elderly killed by family caregivers in Japan in Fiscal Years 2006-2024
Japan Health Minister Warns about Rising Measles Cases
Survey Reveals 60% of Families of People with Disabilities in Japan Feel They are at Care “Limit”
“We’d like you to resign”: Worker in Japan fired 4 days after revealing autism
Shindo 5 Earthquake in Eastern Japan April 1st
Wakayama Fails to Hire Statutory Number of People with Disabilities
Osaka revokes licenses of four Kizuna Holdings employment support facilities over excess disability subsidies
Japan Sees Fewest-Ever Suicides in 2025
Students with Developmental Disabilities in Japan Rise to 12,000 Nationwide
Miyazaki City Day Care Centre for Disabled Children Improperly Claimed 14 Million Yen
Tottori Accepts Liability in Death of Disabled Teen at Care Facility
227,000 people in Japan have ‘Higher Brain Dysfunction’
People with disabilities in Japan face persistent barriers to housing and accommodation
Japan’s new guidelines aim to reduce long lines of women at public toilets
Book Review: Alone in Japan by Tom Feiling
Shikoku Island Town Trials New Pedestrian Crossing for Visually Impaired
Withdrawal of Appeal against Death Sentence Found Valid in KyoAni Case
Oita Prefecture receives notebooks to assist hearing-impaired in emergencies
Patient Dies, Two Critical after Injections at Hospital near Tokyo
Japan Ends Milano-Cortina Paralympic Winter Games with 100th Medal & Muraoka Japan’s Most Decorated Winter Paralympian
“Stop your damn crying”: Guilty Verdict for Staff Member in Abuse Case at Hyogo Facility for Disabled
Actor Noburo Takachi on Murder of Disabled Daughter: “I Feel a Discrimination Between Lives”
Ex-Tokyo Disability Facility Worker Referred to Prosecutors Over Railroad Crossing Death
3/11 Earthquake 15 Years On
Chiba Mother Arrested Over Alleged Drowning Death of Disabled Daughter
Ancient Verona Arena boosts accessibility for Paralympics opening ceremony
Sounds of The Milano-Cortina Winter Paralympics Beginning
Japan heads to Winter Paralympic Games with biggest team in decades
Tokyo High Court Upholds Unification Church Dissolution Order
Hiroshima Revokes Designation of 7 Facilities for Disabled Children; Fraudulent Claims Affect 214
Kitakyushu to Revoke Designation of Disability Support Facility Over Fraudulent Benefit Claims
Saitama Social Worker Reports Company for Overcharging Disabled Residents, is Sued for Stealing Documents
Western Japan Disability Nurses have Difficulties but “no regrets” in Reporting “culture” of Abuse
Japan Eyes Strong Showing at Milano-Cortina Paralympics with One Week to Go
Ibaraki Care Worker Who Reported Abuse Warns Legal Battle May Deter Future Whistleblowers
Almost Three Years After Ableist Remarks, Nagoya Aims to Finalize Barrier-Free Policy for Castle Keep
Fired After Reporting Abuse, Tokyo Care Worker Awarded 4.8 Million Yen
Tokyo Disability Facility Worker Says They Were Fired After Reporting Abuse
Regenerative Medicine Clinic in Tokyo Gets Business Improvement Order
Two Arrested Over Alleged Assault of 17-Year-Old at Aichi Disability Home
Japan Federation of Bar Associations calls Welfare Ministry’s Disability Pension report “clearly unreasonable”
Japan Top Court Rules Work-Bar Provision Unconstitutional
Japan’s Children and Families Agency Considers “Children’s Homes”
Mother Ordered to Pay 30 Million Yen in Abuse Damages Causing Mental Disorders
Japan’s new guidelines warn employers not to mislabel access requests as harassment
Japan Approves Muscular Dystrophy Drug Price of 304 Million Yen
Japan’s ‘first visit date’ rule shows gaps in disability pension system
85% of Families of People with Disabilities in Japan Anxious About Future “After Parents Are Gone”
Aichi Prefecture’s Disability Certificate “irregularities”
Chiba disability group home resident dies; former representative arrested
Japan Lower House Election 2026: Barrier Free Japan’s ‘Two Yen Worth’ Analysis
LDP Wins Two-Thirds Majority, Sanseito and Team Mirai Gain Seats
Japan Lower House Election 2026: LDP Certain to Win Majority
Less than a month until the Paralympics, Japan finalizes Milan–Cortina preparations
Ahead of Election JIP, Sanseito Call for Cap on Foreigners in Japan
Tokyo Court to Rule on Unification Church Dissolution Order on March 4
The Saga of Japan’s PM Takaichi’s Hand Continues
Takaichi Cancels TV Debate due to Hand Injury
Yokohama Court Rules Disability-Based Dismissal After ‘Outing’ Illegal
The Sounds of an Election in Japan
Japan Compiles Statistics on Abuse by Psychiatric Hospital Workers for First Time
52.6% of Companies in Japan Find Disability Employment Targets “Difficult” to Achieve
Gunma Issues Guidance After Death of Disabled 17-Year-Old on Outing, Cites “delay in transporting to hospital”
PM Takaichi Meets with Forced Sterilization Victims
Judge Says of Ex-PM Abe Killer: “It cannot be said that his background had a great impact”
Life Sentence for Man Who Shot Former PM Shinzo Abe
Tokyo Opposes Cuts to Disability Welfare Fees
Grok-generated Deepfake Images of Sign Language Literate Imperial Princess Kako Circulate Online
Yokohama Court Hands Suspended Sentence to Man Over Growing Cannabis at Facility for Disabled Children
Barrier Free Japan Watched Black Box Diaries
A No News ‘Seijin no Hi’
Medical Foundation Ends Disability Support Services in Miura City after Mayor’s Social Media Remarks
After the Quake and a Cult-ish Encounter
Hyogo Disability Rights Groups to Rally in Kobe Following Facility Violence Reports
Japan PM Takaichi Aims for “Inclusive Society” at Barrier-Free Awards Ceremony
Akemashite Omedetou & Good News from Nagasaki!
Japan Pension Service Officials Discarded Doctors’ Disability Assessments
Disability Abuse Cases Hit Record High in Japan in Fiscal Year 2024
'Unboxing' Proposed New Japanese Visa Requirements on Boxing Day
Two Years After Japan’s Anti-Disability Discrimination Law Revision, Mixed Progress Perceived on ‘Reasonable Accommodation’
Wishing you a Barrier Free Solstice from Japan!
Japan Govt to set cap on number of ‘retained workers’ when calculating disability employment subsidies after excessive payments
Third Anniversary of Disability Studies Scholar and Japanologist Dr. Mark Bookman’s Death
Man Disabled in Bear Cull Shooting; Yamagata Town Seeks Damages from Hunter
On Loneliness and Isolation in Japan
Another ‘Jishin-ful’ Day After 6.7M Quake Off the Coast of Aomori, Tsunami Advisories Issued
Half of the People with Disabilities Living in Facilities Sent to “out-of-Tokyo facilities”
‘Jishin Bells’: Powerful Quake Hits Northeastern Japan
Japan Eyes Ban on Gene-Edited Babies
Shinzo Abe Shooting Trial: Defendant Explains Motive, Akie Abe Attends Hearing
Tokyo Annual 'Disability Week' to be Held December 3rd to 9th
University students with developmental disabilities increase in Japan
Tokyo Deaflympics Venue Attendance Far Exceeded Expectations
Japan’s Women Win Basketball, Volleyball Gold As Tokyo Deaflympics Ends
Record 31 Medals for Japan at Tokyo Deaflympics; Crown Princess Kiko and Hisahito Attend Event
Japan to raise visa fees for foreign residents next fiscal year [Podcast Episode]
Japan Picks Up Five Judo Bronzes, Gold in Men’s 400-metres at Tokyo Deaflympics
Osaka Woman With Intellectual Disability Refused UR Housing, Raising Rights Questions
Ex-Policeman Nabbed over Defrauding Person with Dementia, Tokyo Deaflympics Begins
Tokyo Gears Up for Japan’s First Deaflympics with Push for Accessibility
Shiga care worker for disabled arrested with knife will not be prosecuted
Osaka Firm Suspected of Tens of Billions in Improper Disability Work Subsidies
McDonald’s Japan to stop using paper straws
Care Facility Worker Suspected of Abusing Disabled Residents, 15 Possible Victims, Says He “Couldn’t Control His Frustration”
Tokyo couple denied housing after disabilities revealed
Warning about cult groups solicitation activities on university campuses in Japan
Japanese Gaming Industry Moves to Improve Accessibility
Japan student suicides hit record high in 2024 despite overall decline
New Cabinet under Takaichi omits dedicated minister for elderly, disabled
Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Autistic Defendant over Fatal Crossbow Attack in Japan
Unicharm to Test Sanitary Pad Dispensers in Tokyo’s Shibuya
A Tale of Two Care Home Crimes in Japan
Saitama Bus Service for People with Disabilities to Be Discontinued Due to Driver Shortage
The 'Supōtsu no hi’ One: Typhoons, Dementia and Matsuri!
Typhoon ‘Action’ and Mie Eyes Action Against Customer Abuse
Flu Season Starts in Japan, 2nd Earliest in 20 Years
Sanae Takaichi Becomes New LDP Leader, Likely To Be Japan's First Female Prime Minister
Kagoshima City Ordered to Repay 35 Million Yen, Disability Welfare Designations Revoked
Four in Japan arrested for robbing intellectually disabled man after forcing him to drink
The First Paragraphs of a New Story by Akutagawa Prize Winning Author with Disabilities, Saou Ichikawa
Models with Disabilities Walk Runway in Yamanashi Fashion Show
124 Previously Denied Disability Pension Claims Approved, Japan’s Health Ministry to Continue Review and Publish Monthly Updates
Japan names 5-time Paralympic gold medalist Junichi Kawai to head sports agency
Japan Panel OKs 1st OTC Sales of Erectile Dysfunction Drug
M4.7 quake shakes southwestern Japan islands on September 17th, no tsunami warning issued
Ex-lawmaker in Japan with ALS calls on politicians to ensure right to live
Akutagawa Prize Winning Disabled Author, Saou Ichikawa, Offers View on ‘Co-existence’ in Japan
38-Year-Old Woman Dies at Ishinomaki Disability Facility After Bath at 50°C Causes Burns in 2022, Police Investigate Possible Negligence in 2025
‘2channel’ founder opines on why salary of Japanese caregivers doesn’t exceed average annual income
Abuse of Workers with Disabilities by Employers in Japan Fell by 1.5% in Fiscal Year 2024
Family Seeks Recognition of Baby, Made Severely Disabled in Utero, as Victim in Fatal Accident
Mie University Researchers Develop CRISPR Technique to Remove Extra Chromosome in Down Syndrome Cells
Japan Post Apologizes After Delivery Contractor Writes Discriminatory Note to Hearing Impaired Customer
Only 10% of Municipalities Implement Caps on Disability Welfare Services, Japan’s Health Ministry Reports
Former Director Accused of Abuse at Kochi Disability Employment Support Facility
73-Year-Old Woman Dies Almost Three Weeks After Bear Attack Outside Akita Care Home for Disabled
Games with people with disabilities in Japan; both technological and abusive
Hiroshima Support Facility for Children with Disabilities Faces ‘Administrative Action’ After Abuse Discovered
Kobe City receives total of 21 reports of abuse of persons with disabilities at psychiatric hospitals, only 1 recognized
Bring Out Your Dead on No News Obon!
23,000 Sign Petition Demanding Safety Reforms After Death of Blind Woman at JR Tsukumi Station
Discriminatory Comments Over Nagoya Castle Accessibility Towards Wheelchair User Prompts Mayor to Apologize
Heavy Rain in Southwestern Japan, Flood Damage Assessment Underway
Japan to Launch Public Support System for Elderly Living Alone; Hospitalization, Nursing Homes, Funeral Arrangements Covered
Bear attacks woman outside home for people with disabilities in Akita
Elderly and Disabled Struggled to Evacuate Amid Japan Tsunami Warnings
Tsunami Advisories Fully Lifted in Japan, Severe Tropical Storm 'Krosa' on the Way
24 Hours After the Tsunami Warning
Tsunami warning of up to 3 metres issued for Japan's Pacific coast
Japan provides support for children with disabilities in Ukraine
Nine Years Later, Memorials and ‘Silent Action’ Mark Loss of “irreplaceable” Victims of Care Home Stabbings
14 Staff Members Abused Residents at Gifu Disability Support Facility
Sanseito Leader Kamiya Claimed Developmental Disabilities “do not exist” in 2022 Pamphlet
Japan to promote sign language with new law ahead of Deaflympics
North Korean Defector: Disabled “simply cannot survive in society” under Kim Regime
Sounds of Election Time in Japan!
Foreigners at center of debate in Japan’s tense election campaign
Japan Federation of Bar Associations Calls for Review of Disability Certification Standards
Sanseito’s Leader Kamiya Calls for Self-funded End-of-Life Healthcare and ‘death with dignity’ Laws
Encountering ‘Sanseito’: Japan’s New Right-Wing Populist Party
Images show repeated abuse suspected at facility for people with disabilities in Aomori
July 5th 2025: The End of the World in Japan as We Know It?
Second Investigation Conducted Over Abuse at Disability Support Facility in Aomori Prefecture
Woman Handed Suspended Term over Attack at University Campus, Judge Attributes Attack to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Japan work-related mental illness cases top 1,000, record for 6th year
“I’m going to take my disabled brother and wife with me”: Three die in possible murder-suicide in Chiba
Learning “Jiritsu": Welfare Association Runs Program for Disabled and Parents About Independence
Barely more than 10% of municipalities in Japan have created evacuation plans for individual elderly and disabled persons
Election Time is Upon the Upper House in Japan, Lawmaker with ALS, Yasuhiko Funago Retires from Politics
Tokyo Businesswoman Champions ‘Accessibeauty’ for Job-seeking People with Disabilities
Top court rejects appeal by doctor over euthanasia of ALS patient
Japanese Forced Sterilization Victim ‘Saburo Kita’ Speaks about “ruined life” at the U.N.
Technology and Japan’s Problem with People with Dementia Disappearing
Japan to Deny Entry of Foreigners with Unpaid Medical Bills
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”
LDP, Komeito, Nippon Ishin Agree to Reduce Hospital Beds
Only 10% of Train Commuters with ‘Mental Disabilities’ in Japan Request ‘Reasonable Accommodation’
Higashiosaka Disability Employment Support Providers Penalized for Fraudulent Claims; Providers Dispute Allegations
Following Media Reports of Disability Pension Denials, Japan Pension Service Secretly Re-evaluated Over a Thousand Claims
“We are being left behind”: Visually Impaired People in Japan Struggle with Digitalization
As Denial of Disability Pensions in Japan Double, Health Ministry Will “investigate the actual situation and make it public”
Japanese Rapper with Intellectual Disabilities ‘Sapporo Gag Man’ Talks About “the sadness of living as a disabled person”
Japan’s Disability Dating App Scammers: Man with Visual Impairment Speaks Out
Japanese kids’ mental health ranks poorly among rich nations
Elderly and Disabled Woman in Mie Prefecture Banned from Using Car for “overuse”
Defector Talks About Stigma People with Disabilities Experience in North Korea
Osaka-based Company’s ‘Digital Disability Certificate App’ Begins to Replace Paper Versions
‘Departures’ Actress Ryōko Hirosue Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, Suspends “all entertainment activities”
Golden Week ‘Shogai Podcast Shorts’ 4: Greenery Day Observed
Golden Week ‘Shogai Podcast Shorts’ 3: Children’s Day
Golden Week ‘Shogai Podcast Shorts’ 2: Greenery Day
Golden Week ‘Shogai Podcast Shorts’ 1: Constitution Day
“I’m in shock”: Autistic Man in Hiroshima Mistaken for Molester, Reported to Police
Thoughts on Showa Day on the Controversial Book
The Barrier Free Japan Podcast April 19th - April 28th Digest Edition
Okinawa Group Home for People with Disabilities Suspected of Overcharging without Meeting Standards has Designation Revoked
Publisher of Controversial Book Depicting Neurodivergent People as Animals and ‘Difficult’ Responds to Criticism
“ASD is a sloth, ADHD is a monkey”: New Book by Japanese Counselor Classifying Autistic People as Animals Sparks Controversy
Scandal-Hit ‘Inclusive’ Tokyo School Files Suit Against Parents Association and Reporter After Concerns Raised Over New Chairman
Barrier Free Japan Experiences ‘Clinical Omotenashi’
Yokohama Couple with Visual Impairments File Damages Lawsuit After Police Officers Enter Their Home Without Permission
Suspicion of Forced Labour of Intellectually Disabled People in Korea's Taepyeong Salt Fields Emerge
Shoji Nakanishi, Founder of Japan’s First Independent Living Centre, Dies Aged 80
‘Inclusive’ Tokyo School Chairman Not To Be Prosecuted Over Coercion of Schoolgirl & Barrier Free Japan in ‘Unseen Japan’
Musashino Higashi Gakuen: Parents of Neurodivergent Students Worried Early About "safe haven for our children”
Musashino Higashi Gakuen: “Remaining teachers have no choice but to do what they can”
Parents and Neurodivergent Children Attending ‘Inclusive’ School Required to Sign Non-Disclosure Agreement
Sendai Parents of Children with Disabilities Call for Increase in Short-term Hospital Beds
Extract from The Mainichi Shimbun’s Interview with Yasuhiko Funago, Diet Member with ALS
The Saga of ‘Paid Referrals’ of Disability Welfare Services Continues
School Health Checkups in Japan Still Cause Trouble with Parents
NHK Party Leader Stabbing, Livestreamer Killing & Mental Health in the Japanese Media
“Blaming Only the Defendant Would Be Too Harsh”: Chiba Father Given Suspended Sentence for Killing Disabled Son
Saou Ichikawa’s Akutagawa Prize-Winning Novel ‘Hunchback’ Now Translated into English
Police Investigate Elevator Management Company After Man Dies in Kobe Elevator Accident
Intellectually Disabled Girl Has to Move from Chiba to Tokyo to Attend High School
Final Episode of NHK’s ‘Barrier Free Variety’ TV Show Airs on March 6th 2025
Yamagata Employment Support Offices for Disabled Closures Confirmed, Seven Offices to Close in March 2026, 217 Layoffs
Disabled People International Japan Branch to Hold ‘Online Rally’ on “Prisoners with Disabilities and the Right to Use Wheelchairs”
Former Niigata NPO employee sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman with a disability
Do We Need to Talk About Social Care in Sagamihara?
Chiba father, 78, pleads guilty to murder of disabled 44-year-old son saying “I did nothing wrong”
New ‘Welfare’ NHK E TV Programme ‘toi-toi’ to Start in April 2025, Replacing ‘NHK Baribara’
People with Disabilities in Yamagata Face Redundancy as Seven Employment Offices are Due to Close
Japan’s Health Ministry Introducing System to Assist Institutions with 'Brain-Death' Organ Donations
The Saga of “Scandal-Tainted Kobayashi Pharma Co” Continues
A Disability News Digest From ‘Snow Country’!
Fear of Shaming May Cause Hesitancy in Making Claims for Japan’s 25,000 Forced Sterilization Victims
Disabled student filmed in school toilet, serious bullying incident in Mie Prefecture
Chiba civil engineering company settles lawsuit over “insufficient understanding" of disability
Record Number of Teachers in Japan Took Leave for Mental Illness in Fiscal Year 2023
Support People with Disabilities by Going to Mister Donut in Japan on January 27th!
As Influenza Cases Increase in Japan, Facilities for People with Intellectual Disabilities Struggle
Japan PM Ishiba on Forced Sterilization: “We must not repeat human rights violations that destroy the dignity of individuals”
Osaka High Court Rules ‘Lost Earnings’ After Death of Eleven Year Old Hearing-Impaired Girl Should be Same as Able-Bodied Person
30 Year Anniversary of Kobe Earthquake
'Cashless' Vending Machines in Japan Can Create Inaccessibility
Earthquake in Southwestern Japan: All Tsunami Warnings and Advisories Lifted
6.9M, Shindo 5 Earthquake, Miyazaki Pref 21:19 13 January 2025
Japan’s parents of children with disabilities face “18-year-old wall”, forced to quit jobs
NHK’s Disability TV Show “Baribara” to End in March after 15 Years on Air
Ishikawa Investigates Deaths of Elderly from “indirect causes” One Year After Noto Earthquake
2025: The Year for Deaf Athletes in Japan?
Oshōgatsu 2025 Edition!
The Disability News Japan 2024 Wrap-Up!
Large Number of Disabled in Japan ‘let go’ from Workplaces as Government-aided Employers Close Down
Fukui Takes “administrative action” Over 7.95 Million Yen Fraudulent Benefit Claims for Disabled
Second Anniversary of Disability Studies Scholar and Japanologist Dr. Mark Bookman’s Death
Sapporo Care Facility for Disabled Receives Three-Month Suspension on New Users After Two Assaults
Woman with Dementia, Yasuko Arakawa is Missing 「荒川泰子さんが行方不明です。」
Barrier Free Straws at Starbucks, but the Empire of QR Codes Encroaches Further on Japan
Forced Sterilization Plaintiff Yumi Suzuki Named an “Influential and inspiring woman” by the BBC
I Cannot Think of My Disabled Daughter as "Precious"; Children Without Disabilities are “Adorable”
Santa Arrives in Japan from Finland!
Doctor’s 18 Year-Term for Consensual Killing of ALS Patient Upheld
South Korean Disability Activist Park Kyung-Seok Deported at Narita
Speech-to-Text Tech Used in Osaka High Court, Wage Hike to Keep Carers & COVID Cases Increase
Niigata Civic Group Produces Film About People with Disabilities「Voice〜あなたの声がききたい〜」
‘Last’ Forced Sterilization Plaintiff Keiko Onoue Speaks
Last Remaining Forced Sterilization Lawsuit In Japan Settled
Japan Train Companies Asks for ‘No Walking’ on Escalators and ‘No Looking at Smartphones’
JR Kyoto’s Seemingly Permanently ‘Out of Order’ ‘Accessible Toilet’ – There is Hope!
Over Half of Companies in Toyama Prefecture Employ No People with Disabilities
Tokyo Ward Launches Free “Five-year-old check-ups” for Early Detection of Developmental Disabilities
Violinist with Cerebral Palsy Mizuki Shikimachi to Perform in Shinagawa During Disabled Persons Week
JR Kyoto’s Seemingly Permanently ‘Out of Order’ ‘Accessible Toilet’ – 1 Year Later Update
Post-Election, Pneumonia & So Long Yakuza and Thanks for the Care Facility!
Election Day in Japan: The Podcast Episode of ‘Do it Yourself!!’
On The Eve Of An Election In Japan
Storytime with Barrier Free Japan: Unwanted 'Backpack Grabs' and Painful ‘Help'
Intellectually Disabled Man Barred from Tokyo Matchmaking Event, Told “only healthy are eligible”
Ahead of Election, Japan Council of Disabled People Calls for Improvements to Enable Ability to Vote
Driver arrested for sexually assaulting female user of facility for disabled on Tokyo shuttle bus
Man arrested for allegedly assaulting visually impaired man in accessible toilet at Jimbocho Station
38 Cases of Suspected Abuse, “norm for 10 years” at ‘Sagamihara Massacre sister facility’
Japan’s Diet Passes Forced Sterilization Bill, ‘Mark: A Call to Action’ on Some Amazon Primes
Japan's Diet Enacts Forced Sterilization Compensation Bill
Film about Academic Mark Bookman ‘Mark - A Call to Action’ On Amazon US on October 8th 2024
National Network for People with Developmental Disabilities to be Formed
“You won’t let him go to school”: Hyogo parents and child with disabilities file human rights suit
Documentary film ‘Mark: A Call To Action’ to be released on DVD on October 8th 2024
‘All’ forced sterilization lawsuits settled; plaintiffs and Japanese government sign agreement
LDP Candidate Asked Whether He Seems Too ‘intellectually low’ To Be Leader
761 People With Disabilities In Japan Suffered Abuse At Work Last Year
“Broadcast the Paralympics!”
Typhoon 10 'Shanshan' Update September 1st 2024
Typhoon 10 'Shanshan' Update August 31st 2024
Typhoon 10 ‘Shanshan’ Update August 30th 2024
Typhoon 10 ‘Shanshan’ Update August 29th 2024
Typhoon 10 'Shanshan' Update August 28th 2024
Waiting For A Typhoon
Typhoon and Paralympic Woes
Japanese Government Presents Draft Agreement For Lawsuits Over Forced Sterilization
Osaka Group Home Manager Admits To Sexually Abusing Two Intellectually Disabled Women
Organ Transplant Stories From Japan
‘Unprecedented’ 5,000 People with Disabilities Quit or Fired from Workplaces in Japan
[Emergency Broadcast] Typhoons, Earthquakes & Survey of Deaf Peoples Needs in Disasters
60% Of Teachers At Schools For Intellectually Disabled Have Dealt With Issues Related To Sex On SNS
[Emergency Broadcast] 7.1M Quake Hits Miyazaki, 1st Nankai Trough Megaquake Warning Issued
1st Plaintiff, Sumiko Nishi, Reaches Settlement In Forced Sterilization Lawsuits In Japan
Japan’s PM Kishida Vows to “eradicate prejudice and discrimination against people with disabilities”
Despite Sympathy For People With Disabilities ‘Post-Sagamihara’, Group Homes Often Opposed
Eight Years Pass Since ‘Sagamihara Stabbings’ At Care Home For People With Disabilities In Japan
Japan Government to Establish Cabinet Council to Eradicate Discrimination Against Disabled People
Forced Sterilization Victim Kikuo Kojima Told “it would be terrible if people like you had children”
Kishida Apologizes to Forced Sterilization Victims for “inexcusable violation of human rights”
Megumi Prepares to Transfer Control of Business & Disability News Japan in The Mainichi!
Japan’s PM Kishida to Apologize to Forced Sterilization Plaintiffs on July 17th
Kyoto men accused of forcing disabled person into washing machine
Minister Meets Forced Sterilization Plaintiffs, Film about Disability Scholar to be Released on DVD
Japan's Top Court Orders Government to Pay Damages Over Forced Sterilization
Noto Quake Death Toll to Reach 300, COVID Patient & Elderly Person Among 18 ‘Indirect Deaths’
‘Megumi' Care Home Operator for Disabled Banned from ‘renewals of service provider designation’
Rainy Season Days and ‘Hostile Benches’ in Japan
Mental Health Claims Made in Two Recent Trials in Japan
Escalator Death and Injury Incident Statistics in Japan
Elderly woman dies as neck caught under Tokyo store’s escalator handrail
Japan Government to “allow” Disabled Parents to Live with Their Children
Japan Amends Law to Give National Support to Young Caregivers
Suspicious Death of Disabled Man After Dental Surgery & a Film About Forced Sterilization
As Japan’s Supreme Court Hears Appeal Over Forced Sterilization, ‘Junko Iizuka’ Speaks
[Emergency Broadcast] The Sound of NHK Reporting a North Korea Missile Alert
Kobe Para Sports, Journalism in Japan & ‘Wheelchair-bound’ versus ‘Wheelchair User’
Severely Disabled Son Found in ‘weakened state’ After Death of Mother in Nagoya
Supreme Court Makes 'Accommodations' So Disabled Plaintiffs Can Attend Forced Sterilization Case
Japan’s NHK Drama ‘Percent’ Highlights Issues About How Disability is Depicted
Fukuoka Hospital says sorry for male staff sexually abusing patients, no further action taken
Chiba Workers with Disabilities Told Only “Coming to the farm is your job”
Writer and Disability Activist Hirotada Ototake Speaking After Conceding Tokyo By-Election
Kobe Gets ‘PARAgrressive’ about Sports, Disabled Writer Ototake ‘Certain’ to Lose By-Election
Eight Type 1 Diabetes Patients Have Disability Payments Restored After Second Court Case
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #20: Electric Wheelchairs in Japan: “right to move is missing”
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #19: 40% of Hospitals Ask Family to Care 24/7 for Child Inpatients
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #18: Disabled Author Hirotada Ototake to Run in Lower House Tokyo By-Election
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #17: Prejudice Against Ex-Leprosy Patients in Japan & Other FY News
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #16: Japan Saw Record Ambulance Dispatches in 2023
Okinawa Tsunami Warning & Advisory Lifted Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Tsunami Warning Wednesday 3rd April 2024
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #15: Japan raises ratio of disabled employees to 2.5% in private sector
Kumamoto Day Care Service for Children with Disabilities Sanctioned for Falsifying Care Plans
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #13: Two Consumers of Kobayashi ‘beni koji’ Health Supplement Die
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #12: You’ll be Elderly in Japan, Use QR Codes & You’ll be Happy
Sho Kawai, Japanese Philosopher with Cerebral Palsy to Ask ‘Questions, Questions’ on New NHK Program
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #11: Osaka Company Develops Smart Remote Control for People with Disabilities
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #10: Aeon Cinema Chain Apologizes Over Access Debacle
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #9: Social Media Responds to Wheelchair User’s Post about Cinema Access
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #8: Wheelchair User Denied Accessible Space at Tokyo Cinema
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #7: A No News Stormy/Sunny First Day of Spring!
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #6: The Spring Equinox Holiday Edition!
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #5: Japan Gender Identity Society Renamed to Avoid Medicalized Language
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #4: McDonalds App Fail A Barrier to News Stories!
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #3: Further Details on the ‘Hokkaido Farm Abuse Case’
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #2: Evening Edition
The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #2: High Wages, Low Wages Japan for the Disabled
The First Edition of the 'Shog-A.I. Shimbun'!
Disability News About Japan Now Powered By AI!
Father Speaks About His Daughter, The Late Yuri Hayashi, ALS Patient
Kyoto Court Sentences Doctor To 18 Years In Prison For Killing Yuri Hayashi, ALS Patient
‘Assist Mats’ Begin to Appear in 7-11 Branches in Japan
Kanagawa Group Homes Investigated Over Alleged Evictions
Japan’s Barrier Free Laws Regarding Wheelchair User Spaces to be Revised
‘Mark - A Call to Action’: A ‘Review’
‘Mark - A Call to Action’ Premiere at Sophia University, 25th February 2024
A Good/Bad Disability News Japan Weekend
Health Care in Ishikawa After Quake & Off to Tokyo!
Japan’s Land And Transport Ministries Report & The Language Of ‘Barrier Free’ Law
'Mark - A Call To Action' Documentary About Being Disabled To Premiere In Tokyo
Disabled User of Ibaraki City Facility Suffers Serious Burns, Carers Did Not Check Bath Temperature
Non-Sterilized Trans Man Wins Right To Change Gender at Okayama Family Court
Aichi Governor Condemns Care Provider ‘Megumi’ over “economic abuse” of People with Disabilities
One Month After Quake, Ishikawa Disabled Facility Users, Families and Carers Moved to Aichi
Gunma Disabled Man Files Criminal Charges After Being Called “Socially Unacceptable” Online
Almost One Month After Quake in Japan, Vulnerable People Struggle [NHK News, Audio in English]
Scanning Errors: QR Codes Might Encroach on Barrier Free Travel in Japan
Japan's Politicians With Disabilities Meet To Discuss Quake Response
Disabled in Ishikawa Turn Down Secondary Evacuation, Education Ministry Reports on Disabled Students
In Quake-Affected Areas, Residents of Facilities for Disabled Turn Down Secondary Evacuation
NHK ‘Baribara’ on Noto Peninsula Quake, Comedian ‘Esper’ Ito Dies after Epileptic Seizure
NHK News Report on Elderly & Disabled Noto Peninsula Earthquake Evacuees [English Audio]
Japan’s Welfare Ministry Finds Major Care Home Company for Disabled ‘Megumi’ Overcharging for Food
Noto Peninsula Earthquake Aftershock 16th January 2024 @ 18:42
After Quake, People with Health Conditions Are Concerned About "unfamiliar" Hospitals
Are Japan’s Train Stations Going to Become an Empire of QR Codes?
After the Quake, Concerns Rise for Service Users and Staff at Ishikawa Care Facilities
Concerns Grow for Elderly as Deaths from Indirect Causes after Quake Increase
Death Toll from Central Japan Quake Exceeds 200
Ishikawa Experiences Medical Woes After Quake, Supply Shortage And Infections A Concern
Five Days Later and Over 100 Dead
Residents of Ishikawa Care Homes Unable to Use Toilet or Take a Bath
72 Hours Later And Concerns About The Elderly And Disabled
Aftershocks from the ‘2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake’
As If The New Year Should Tremble To Begin…
At Nagoya Castle Debate Wheelchair User Told “Don’t confuse equality with your selfishness”
The ‘BoxingHeimer Day’ Episode
The Disabled and Elderly in Japan: ‘Silent Night’ Edition
Citizens Debate Held Over Restoration of Nagoya Castle and Discriminatory Remarks Towards Disabled
Manager of Facility for the Disabled Arrested by Osaka Prefectural Police for Assaulting Woman
Mark Bookman (1991 - 2022) In Remembrance and Action One Year Later
Disability Welfare Organizations Highlight Staff Shortages Ahead of Next Fiscal Year
Parents of Severely Disabled Boy Lose Appeal Claiming Son Illegally Sent to Special Needs School
Disabled Man Awarded Damages Over Online Hate Speech
Tokyo Lawyers Offer Free Telephone Consultations During ‘Disabled Persons Week’
Disabled Kids In Nagano Get Night Trip To The Zoo!
Employees at Chiba Facility for Disabled Post Photos of Patients Defecating on LINE
Three Hokkaido Farm Workers with Intellectual Disabilities File Lawsuit Over Alleged Abuse
Japan’s Health Ministry to “Take Measures” After ‘Megumi’ Homes Overcharges for Food for Disabled
Tokyo Govt Offers 200 Visually Impaired Free Tickets to Paris Paralympics 2024 Judo Qualifying Event
Survey Reports Abuse By Jehovah’s Witnesses In Japan
The Apocalypse In Japan Will Be Podcasted!
Consultation Service Set Up For Disabled Users Overcharged For Food At Group Homes
Kyoto Police Officer Confesses to Stealing Cash from People with Dementia
How Dare You Become A ‘Care Leaver’ In Japan?
Do Disabled Tokyoites Want a ‘Heart to Heart Handshake’?
Wheelchairs In Japan Are Burning!
Kanagawa Care Facility Employee Arrested for Assault “was in a hurry”
Kanagawa Prefecture Facility For Disabled Employee Arrested For Assaulting User
Japan’s Supreme Court Grand Bench To Rule On Forced Sterilization Damages
First Prison in Japan to House Only Young Inmates with Developmental and Other Disabilities Opens
First Reaction After Watching Sagamihara-inspired Film ‘Moon’
Sony Unveils New Video Game Controller For Gamers With Disabilities
Disabled Actors Star In ‘Sagamihara Massacre’ Inspired Film ‘Moon’
Reports Of Abuse At Takatsuki City Care Facility To Be Investigated
Emperor and Empress of Japan Attend National Arts and Culture Event for Disabled People
On Recent Cases Of Suspected Abuse At Mie Care Facilities
Are Disabled People In Japan Ready For 'Society 5.0'?
Tokyo’s Edogawa City Ward Office to Enter the ‘Metaverse’
October 2023: 75th Anniversary of Helen Keller’s 1948 Visit to Japan
Yokohama City Recognizes Two Cases of Abuse at Facilities for Persons with Disabilities
Intellectually Disabled Mother Potentially Separated From Child
Unauthorized Access to Data about Deaf People at Mie Support Centre
The JR Shibuya Disability Accessibility Report
The Pre-Visiting Tokyo Podcast
Matching App ‘Irodori’ for Disabled in Japan Reaches 10,000 Downloads
‘Sagamihara Massacre' Prefectural Government May Privatize Care Homes
Obsession To Care For Disabled Wife By Himself Led Man To Kill Her
Disabled in Japan’s Workplace Experienced 600 Cases of Financial Abuse, 47 Verbal & 24 Physical
656 Disabled Abused in the Workplace in Japan in FY2022
Osaka Kansai World Expo 2025 To Make Diversity A Theme
Trial Starts Over 2019 KyoAni Arson Attack, Suspect Admits Charges
Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics Emblem Unveiled & 90 Year-Old Wheelchair-User Summits Mt. Fuji
Nagoya subway replaces platform timetables with QR codes to cut costs
Suspected Abuse at Care Facilities for People with Disabilities in Mie Prefecture Reported
The Saga Of Nagoya Castle’s Accessibility Issues Continues...
Japan’s Princess Kako Attends High School Sign Language Speech Contest
Survey by Tokyo Recruiting Firm Finds People with Intellectual Disabilities Struggle to Find Jobs
‘Unmanned stations’ Prompts Disability Groups in Japan to Worry About Freedom of Movement
Nagano Government Revokes ‘Designated’ Status of Employment Support Company for Disabled over Abuse
Twenty-Six Prefectures in Japan ‘blacked out’ Information on Former Eugenic Protection Law Victims
The Robots Are Coming! (To Take Care of You, We Promise)
The Post Typhoon Lan One
The Sound Of The Typhoon
‘Administrative Sanctions’ for Nagasaki Care Facility Over Abuse of Disabled Users
Between Typhoon Days & Disabled Resident of Hokkaido Facility Falls Out of 2nd Floor Window, Injured
Typhoon and a Lack of “special consideration” for Employees with Children with Disabilities in Japan
Former Director of Osaka Prefecture Facility for Disabled Arrested for Quasi-forced Indecency
Shinya Tateiwa, Japanese Disability Studies Scholar Dies Aged 62
The Comprehensive Encyclopedia Of Disabilities
First Eulogy by a Resident of Sagamihara Massacre Facility Given by Yukari Okutsu
Sao Ichikawa, A Woman with a Disability, Wins Japan’s Prestigious Literary Prize
Daughter & Siblings Arrested for Abusing Wheelchair-Using Grandmother of Dead 6 Year Old Boy in Kobe
Forced Sterilization & Itoham's Request For Interview With Disabled Employee To Be Cut Controversy
"My Name Is Junko Iizuka, I Was Forced To Undergo Eugenics Surgery"
Nagoya Mayor Apologizes for Discriminatory Remarks Toward the Disabled in 'Public Castle Debate’
Newsweek Japan Responds to Hiroshima Mazda Wheelchair Video Apology Calling It "unbelievable"
Golden Week Over and 35% of Chiba Residents with Disabilities "felt" Human Rights Violations
Hiroshima Mazda Car Dealer's TikTok Video Imitating Wheelchair Users Causes Storm Online
Barrier Free Korea Part II: 'Subway-Riding Protests’ by People with Disabilities in Korea
Japan Ski Federation for the Disabled Coach Fired After Claims of Rape by Female Staff Member
The Late Mark Bookman’s ‘Call To Action’ About International Disability Education
My Hospitalisation & More COVID Cases at Shimane’s Care Facilities
Acquiring Bodily ‘Help’ Marks in Japan
Five Former Staff Members of Hokkaido Care Facility for Disabled Charged with Assault
Barrier Free Korea: Korean Disability Rights Protester Park Kyoung-seok Arrested
SPA! Magazine Highlights Workers Worry About Disclosing Developmental Disabilities
JR East Raises Ticket Prices As ‘Barrier Free Fees’
Japan Revises Disability Discrimination Laws, Businesses Have To Make 'Reasonable Accommodations'
'A Personal Matter' Author Kenzaburo Oe Dies & ‘No Mask Day’ In Japan
12 Years After 3.11 Earthquake Evacuation Plans for Disabled Remains Vague
Sexual Assault At Facilities For The Disabled & (In)Convenience Stores
Article Co-Authored by Japan Based Disability Studies Scholar Mark R. Bookman Published Posthumously
Be Careful How You Police Accessibility In Japan
Lawsuit Over Deaf Girl’s Death In Osaka Raises Questions About The Value Of A Life
One in Five Intellectually Disabled Person in Japan Faces "Opposition" when Pursuing Relationships
Documentary ‘On The Way Home’ Alleges Discrimination Against Intellectually Disabled By Police
Ukraine, Disability Awareness In Japan & More COVID Jabs
69% of Disabled People in Japan ‘unaware’ of Workplace Assistance Grants
Nine of Hokkaido's Town Councils Ban ‘mentally disabled’ from Attending Meetings
Japan’s Disability Facilities: A Tale of Theft and Fraud
Organ Transplant Scandal, Mask Wearing & a Lack of Disability News
Severely Disabled Woman Contracted COVID in January 2023, Refused Admission to a Tokyo Hospital
Kyoto Court Sentences Doctor Accused of Euthanizing ALS Woman to 13 Years for Killing Father
Japan Govt to Give Wheelchair Tennis Legend Kunieda ‘People’s Honor Award’
Shinto Shrine Accessibility & ‘Sagamihara Massacre’ Municipal Govt to Pass Human Rights Ordinances
Are Japan’s Hikikomori Unwell, Disabled or None of the Above?
Text-to-Speech software used for 1st time in Japan’s Diet by lawmaker with ALS
Microsoft 365 Outage & Disability News in Japan Getting ‘Lost in Translation’