Just like the rest of the world, Japan runs on smartphones. Even children have small mobile phones that allow them to call home and allow their parents to find their child via GPS. Despite this, there is still the need for land-line based phone booths in case of a disaster Read more…
No One’s Perfect The Complete Edition by Hirotada Ototake Review by K. Opoku Being from the West, I was at a slight disadvantage as I had no idea who Hirotada Ototake was when I began this book. However, this might be akin to any good reader who saves the last Read more…
Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt There are times when, as a disabled person, I have to remind myself to be shocked by what someone might say about my being disabled, or about the topic of disability in general. I have after all, been told on more than Read more…
Towards the end of November Japan’s health ministry approved a brand-new wearable walk assist robot. This robot will be used in medical facilities and has been approved to spur growth for walk assist products across the Japanese health industry. The CyberDyne HAL system has been approved for medical use and Read more…
Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt The doors slid open on the nearly vacant subway car and a mass of passengers piled in. All the available seats were filed in a wild flurry. Well, almost all. People either spurned the empty seat or ignored it as if it Read more…
The suggestion by a newly appointed Ibaraki education board member has elicited online outrage. According to the member, the administration should encourage more prenatal screening so that the “burden” of disabled children can be alleviated from the parents. Chieko Hasegawa, the vice president of Tokyo based gallery Nichido, made the Read more…