Its good to have you with us in japan disability is still a dirty word the country is home to nearly 10000000 people with physical mental or intellectual disabilities but the majority are shunned from society and he didnt from. A decades long law which allow doctors to forcibly sterilized people with disabilities was only abolished in 1906 and although the government has agreed to compensate the victims attitudes behind them lol. Still some progress is being made last year to severely disabled politicians what the fust to be elected into the countrys ollivant. Then election has been here and thats progress but it also highlighted a legal loophole that makes it almost impossible for disabled people to work in japan. It was a groundbreaking moment in a country where disability is still very much a taboo in july last year i kokomo are and yes he cofa not go became the 1st disabled people to win seats in japans upper house their election was same by many as a progressive step but activists