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DISABILITY 3

Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 25, 2014
Disabled artists carving out niche in Japan
A growing number of people with disabilities are winning recognition artistically and commercially as their works of art and design find their way into more galleries and shops.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2014
Cafe caters to mentally disabled
A cafe in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward has become a place where adults with developmental disabilities can find their own space and share their problems.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2014
U.N. ambassador highlights link between disasters and disabilities
Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa on Tuesday stressed the importance of recognizing the special needs of people with disabilities during major disasters such as the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 29, 2014
Silence is golden for volleyballer after 3/11
Namiko Yanagawa, who lost her hearing at age 1, led the women's national volleyball team for the deaf and hard-of-hearing until last year, and is well-versed in the challenges the sport poses to those with hearing difficulties.
EDITORIALS
May 24, 2014
Giving the disabled a chance to work
For the fourth straight year, a record high number of people with mental or physical disabilities find employment through public job placement offices in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 19, 2014
From Fukushima to Syria, CWAJ supports scholars
The College Women's Association of Japan awards a variety of annual scholarships in higher education, backing, among others, women from abroad studying in Japan and Japanese women getting an education overseas.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 14, 2014
Haitian orphan gets 3-D printed prosthesis
A 12-year-old orphan boy handicapped from birth became the first recipient of a prosthesis made with a 3-D printer in Haiti last month, thanks to a British software engineer in California and a South African amputee.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 29, 2014
Exhibition focuses on visually impaired
A unique exhibition is underway at a human rights educational facility in Tokyo focusing on how to guarantee the "right to read" of people with visual impairments.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2014
Certificate test starts for care workers as travel guides
A nonprofit organization of medical and nursing care workers has launched a certification exam for people who assist the elderly and physically disabled during their travels.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2014
'Deaf' composer Samuragochi says he's sorry for deceiving
A month after the shocking revelation by his ghostwriter, the supposedly "deaf" composer Mamoru Samuragochi apologized Friday for deceiving people with his lies.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Feb 28, 2014
The lesson of the long-distance runner: 'There are no impossibles'
Maickel Melamed was born with his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, and his parents were told he would not live long. Almost four decades on, Melamed has crossed marathon finishing lines in New York, Berlin and Chicago — and conquered Venezuela's highest mountain.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2014
Volunteer net speeding up audiobook process
A network of volunteers is using information technology to make audiobooks much faster than with traditional methods to help people with vision problems get access to current information.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2014
'Japan's Beethoven' faces music, claims hearing improved years ago
The high-profile composer who stirred controversy by admitting his works had been penned by a ghostwriter — and whose purported deafness has since come into question — says he regained some of his hearing about three years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2014
Hiroshima will take back award given to native son Samuragochi
In the wake of the revelation that native son Mamoru Samuragochi did not compose musical scores for which he was credited, the city of Hiroshima has decided to take back an award it gave to him in 2008.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2014
Samuragochi's ghostwriter speaks
The man who ghostwrote works credited to “deaf” composer Mamoru Samuragochi for the past 18 years stepped forward Thursday as his “partner in crime.”
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2014
Inventors of self-help tools sought for the disabled and infirm
A welfare organization has begun compiling a database of "self-help equipment" designed to help elderly and disabled people make use of ordinary everyday items on their own, increasing their independence.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2014
Deaf woman helps hearing-impaired 'break out of shell'
A beauty pageant contestant, model and aspiring entrepreneur — who happens to be deaf — recently organized a fashion show to offer hearing-impaired people an outlet to express themselves.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2013
U.N. Japanese crafts exhibit is dream come true for disability advocate
The founder of a Tokyo organization created to give work to the disabled has seen her goal of exhibiting crafts at the United Nations come to fruition and hopes global leaders will see it as an example of what such artists are capable of accomplishing.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 27, 2013
'Disabled' in Britain, just 'foreign' in Japan
For myself, a British citizen who has cerebral palsy living in Japan, it is the liberatory power of being a foreigner here that leaves the deepest impression on me.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2013
1,500 disabled Japanese abused in half-year period
A total of 1,505 disabled people were reported to have been abused by family members or care workers between October 2012 and March this year, according to the first nationwide survey by the health ministry on abuse of the disabled.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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