@gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social Nissan Unveils Hands-Free Driving Tech for Urban Areas barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/22/n...

Nissan Unveils Hands-Free Driving Tech for Urban Areas barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/22/n...

Japan Govt to Step Up Heatstroke Prevention for Elderly barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/22/j...

Japan names 5-time Paralympic gold medalist Junichi Kawai to head sports agency [Podcast Episode] barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/22/j...

124 Previously Denied Disability Pension Claims Approved, Japan’s Health Ministry to Continue Review and Publish Monthly Updates barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/20/1...

@gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social 124 Previously Denied Disability Pension Claims Approved, Japan’s Health Ministry to Continue Review and Publish Monthly Updates barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/20/1...

Japan Panel OKs 1st OTC Sales of Erectile Dysfunction Drug [Podcast Episode] barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/20/j...

Japan names 5-time Paralympic gold medalist Kawai to head sports agency barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/19/j...

You’re religious. You are a Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Islam, Hindu, Buddhist or Sikh; or sometimes Mormon or Jehovahs Witnesses. Why do you feel the need to walk up to me a - walking stick user - so clearly physically disabled & ask this question; ‘can I pray for you?’

Double typhoon trouble. No landfall on Japan at least.

Japan Panel OKs 1st OTC Sales of Erectile Dysfunction Drug barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/19/j...

@gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social Models with Disabilities Walk Runway in Japan Fashion Show, 14 People Participate in 4th Event barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/18/m...

I’m fed up with social media so often making statements like this: ‘Japan is an introvert’s paradise’: I’m an introvert, I can’t walk outside in Kobe without being approached for conversation.

Hyogo man dies after collapse; emergency call delay linked to NTT outage barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/18/h...

@gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social Nippon Ishin Calls for Cap on Share of Foreigners in Japan barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/17/n...

Nippon Ishin Calls for Cap on Share of Foreigners in Japan barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/17/n...

Also an earthquake off Kagoshima prefecture (Western Japan) that I class as ‘not small’ at 21:55. No tsunami warning. Shindo 5, magnitude 4.7. All well at the moment, just not something one wants with low pressure systems around, landslides become a worry.

We’ve got a couple of ‘low pressure’ systems - not typhoons - at least not yet, but they are going to make it windy, rainy, for a few days & generally mess with internet connection. People I know have had to evacuate because the localized flooding is that bad.

Wada Keiko, a member of Japan's far-right-wing political party Sanseitō, drew backlash over her remarks in the Naha City Assembly, which called identifying as transgender "contagious," and urged medical treatment over accommodation. buff.ly/mEjnj7A

Ex-lawmaker in Japan with ALS calls on politicians to ensure right to live [Podcast Episode] barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/17/e...

Ex-lawmaker with ALS calls on politicians to ensure right to live barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/16/e...

Japan's Elderly Population Down at 36.19 Million barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/15/j...

Akutagawa Prize Winning Author with Disabilities, Saou Ichikawa, Offers View on ‘Co-existence’ in Japan [Podcast Episode] barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/15/a...

Can someone explain to me why, if I was trying to learn Japanese in Japan, I would ask the Church of the Latter Day Saints - the Mormons - to teach me the Japanese language? I can’t avoid these adverts on social media. Can’t social media just make not appear?

Akutagawa Prize Winning Author with Disabilities, Saou Ichikawa @ssaaoouu.bsky.social , Offers View on ‘Co-existence’ in Japan barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/14/a... by @micheypeckitt.bsky.social

@gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social One in Three Sex Crimes Against Disabled Victims Committed by Carers, Japan’s Justice Ministry Report Finds barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/13/o...

One in Three Sex Crimes Against Disabled Victims Committed by Carers, Japan’s Justice Ministry Report Finds barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/13/o...

38-Year-Old Woman Dies at Ishinomaki Disability Facility After Bath at 50°C Causes Burns in 2022, Police Investigate Possible Negligence in 2025 [Podcast Episode] barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/13/3...

Child Abuse Deaths Total 65 in Japan in FY 2023 barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/12/c...

I find it suspicious that it took the family suing for a police investigation to begin. When supervised properly, baths don’t get to 50 Celsius by accident.

Further Details Emerge About Burns Victim at Ishinomaki Facility for People with Disabilities barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/10/f...

@gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social Further Details Emerge About Burns Victim at Ishinomaki Facility for People with Disabilities barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/10/f...

‘2channel’ founder opines on why salary of Japanese caregivers doesn’t exceed average annual income [Podcast Episode] barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/10/2...

Just got shouted at on a train in Japan because I dared to move to a different seat after someone decided to stand right in front of me with every other seat on the train unoccupied. You could have sat down on any other seat dude, why are you standing in front of me?

@gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social 38-Year-Old Woman Dies at Disability Facility After Bath at 50 C Causes Burns, Police Investigate Possible Negligence barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/09/3...

38-Year-Old Woman Dies at Disability Facility After Bath at 50 C Causes Burns, Police Investigate Possible Negligence barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/09/3...

Kyoto University Develops Protein to Help Remove Cancer Cells barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/09/k...

Japan’s Wheelchair Tennis Star Tokito Oda Completes Career Golden Slam barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/08/j...

@aishiterutokyo.bsky.social Japan’s Wheelchair Tennis Star Tokito Oda Completes Career Golden Slam barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/08/j...

Abuse of Workers with Disabilities by Employers in Japan Fell by 1.5% in Fiscal Year 2024 [Podcast Episode] barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/08/a...

I warm you Japan social media, my patience is now at zero. Running into someone with a bicycle should be treated as assault. If a pedestrian physically hit someone, the pedestrian would be arrested, why do cyclists get a pass for intentionally running into me?

“That’s ridiculous”: 2channel founder on why salary of Japanese caregivers doesn’t exceed average annual income barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/07/t...

@gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social “That’s ridiculous”: 2channel founder on why salary of Japanese caregivers doesn’t exceed average annual income barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/07/t...

Former Nagasaki care worker admits assaulting three disabled people, says they “irritated” him barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/07/f...

@gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social Former Nagasaki care worker admits assaulting three disabled people, says they “irritated” him barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/07/f...

I’m fed up of having to go to a hospital because cyclists in Japan think I, a person whom uses a walking stick, can just move out of the way as you run into me. There is a wide road where you can weave into cars, what was it about my walking stick that suggested I can move?

Food for thought: I make the case that depicting Japan's July UH Election results as a "rightward lurch" is a bit overblown. I'm not saying ignore Sanseito. But wait a couple more elections b/f we can justify the media hype. Sanseito is saying nothing new. shingetsunewsagency.com/2025/08/26/v...

Visible Minorities: Japan’s Rightward Swing is Overblown | shingetsunewsagency.com/2025/08/26/v... | by @arudoudebito.bsky.social

Para Swimmer Mayumi Narita Dies at 55, 15 Gold Medals Earned in Career barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/06/p...

Kanagawa Prefecture Opens Consultation Desk to Support Employment Retention of People with Disabilities barrierfreejapan.com/2025/09/06/k...