http://www.disabled-world.com/ Disability Community News and Information Wed, 09 May 2012 09:11:39 EST en-us http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/advisories/japan-earthquake.php Warnings Alerts Advisories On Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC an earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale, one of the top 5 quakes recorded in the last 100 years, has hit Japan. The quake struck just under 400 kilometres (250 miles) northeast of Tokyo, followed by aftershocks as strong as 7.1 magnitude. Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:42:23 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/advisories/japan-earthquake.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/japan/japan.php Japan The nation of Japan has a new, long-term program for government measures related to people with disabilities that was formulated on the basis of the Fundamental Law for Disabled Persons which was enacted in the year 1993. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:52:36 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/japan/japan.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/japan/death-penalty-japan.php Japan On the eve of the EU-Japan Summit to be held in Brussels on May 4th 2009, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Center for Prisoners Rights (CPR), FIDH's partner organisation in Japan, call upon the European Union to put the issue of the death penalty in Japan at the top of the agenda. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:33:03 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/japan/death-penalty-japan.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/japan/doctors-japan-4289.php Japan Lately an acute shortage of doctors in Japan are leaving hospitals unable to treat even emergency cases. Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:33:14 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/asia/japan/doctors-japan-4289.php