Disability
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Japan's Comprehensive Support Act for Persons with Disabilities — Two Years into the Operational Phase
Two years after the April 2024 enforcement of revisions to Japan's Comprehensive Support Act for Persons with Disabilities and Employment Promotion Act. A structural analysis of the gap between policy design and field implementation across service fee revisions, self-reliance medical care, employment quotas, and home-based care benefits.
The Structure and Limitations of Japan's Disability Employment Quota System — What Happens Inside the Legal Rate of 2.5%
Is Japan's legal employment rate of 2.5% for persons with disabilities being met? The 2018 data inflation scandal revealed systemic gaps in employment policy.
Those Living Along Arterial Roads Bear the Greatest Noise Burden — An Environmental Justice Hypothesis for Japan
Low-income households and persons with disabilities tend to concentrate in affordable housing along arterial roads, and the severity of noise exposure is inversely proportional to income. While international theoretical frameworks are well established, empirical evidence in Japan is nonexistent. This note examines the structure in which the Ministry of the Environment acknowledges the problem yet takes no action.