A series of earthquakes and aftershocks has hit Kumamoto Prefecture on Kyushu Island in southern Japan since 14 April, including a 6.5 magnitude tremor on 14 April, a 7.3 magnitude that hit on 16 ...

The lawsuit was the first in Japan to take up the issue of whether such station operations constitute discrimination against ...

Daiki Kato wants to use eSports to showcase the talents of people with disabilities, saying many people in Japan 'don't have much chance to interact' with them ...

The government is under fire for fudging the number of disabled employees while calling on companies to hire more people with disabilities. Several prefectural governments and central government ...

TOKYO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The stabbing deaths of 19 disabled people in their sleep last July and the silence surrounding their identities are forcing Japan to grapple with its attitudes toward ...

On Thursday November 20, 2014, in Bayt Al-Ajdad Elderly Home in Jericho, Mr. Junya Matsuura, Japan’s Ambassador for Palestinian Affairs and Representative of Japan to the PA, and H.E. Mr. Shawqi Issa, ...

A United Nations committee has called on Japan to revise its laws to bring an end to the prolonged institutionalization and isolation of disabled children and adults in the country. The UN Committee ...

As part of our joint project “Diversity and the future of the Japanese workplace,” Toshiya Kakiuchi, founder of the Osaka-based Mirairo Inc., a consulting firm that provides universal design services, ...

An analysis of data from more than 11,000 older Japanese adults suggests that seniors who own a dog may be at lower risk of disability than those who have never been dog owners. An analysis of data ...