Hosted by Michael Gillan Peckitt, who resides in Kobe, Japan, the Disability News Japan Podcast is News website 'Barrier Free Japan's podcast, a weekly digest of some of the news about disability in Japan in audio form. New episodes will usually be available every Friday at 6am Japan Time.
50 Workers with Disabilities in Japan Lose Jobs After Nine Months, Despite 18-Month Contract
The workers had been told by an employment support provider, which arranges workplaces for disabled people through a scheme known as the “disability employment business”, that they would be participating in an 18-month programme. Some were so shocked by the news that they became unable to continue working.
Episode notes:
‘50 Workers with Disabilities in Japan Lose Jobs After Nine Months, Despite 18-Month Contract’:
https://barrierfreejapan.com/2026/10/12/50-workers-with-disabilities-in-japan-lose-jobs-after-nine-months-despite-18-month-contract/
11 Oct 2026
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Seeks Competitors for Tokyo Abilympics for February 2027
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will hold the 25th Tokyo Skills Competition for Persons with Disabilities, known as the Tokyo Abilympics, on Feb. 20, 2027, and will accept applications from Oct. 19 to Nov. 13. Applications must be submitted through an online form to be published on the website of the organisation’s Tokyo branch. Applicants’ eligibility will be reviewed, and participants will be selected and notified individually. Selection may be necessary if applications exceed the available places.
Episode notes:
‘Tokyo Abilympics’ Tokyo Metropolitan Government Information Website:
https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/information/press/2026/10/2026100909
'Tokyo Metropolitan Government Seeks Competitors for Tokyo Abilympics in February 2027':
https://barrierfreejapan.com/2026/10/10/tokyo-metropolitan-government-seeks-competitors-for-tokyo-abilympics-in-february-2027/
9 Oct 2026
A Long Typhoon-y Weekend
Typhoons Nolo and Koguma may impact Japan from this weekend into next week.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the Typhoon Nolo, otherwise known as Typhoon No. 28, was moving west-northwest at 35 kilometers per hour near Minamitori Island in the North Pacific, with its central atmospheric pressure of 985 hectopascals as of 9 a.m. on Thursday. It is forecast to maintain its west-northwest path until around Friday, before pivoting northwest over the waters in the east.
Typhoon Koguma, otherwise known as Typhoon No. 29, was located near Wake Island and heading north-northwest at 15 kilometers per hour, with its central atmospheric pressure at 990 hectopascals as of 6 a.m. on Thursday.
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