From moon riders to job quotas, three residents give the lowdown on being disabled in Japan.
Tokyo is a fast-paced city full of high rise buildings and a public transport system to envy. Some people call it futuristic - but how does the home of the delayed 2020 Paralympics shape-up for disabled people? We talk to three disabled residents to get the lowdown.Mizuki Hsu, 32, calls herself a moon rider, a term she coined to represent adventurous wheelchair-users who like to travel and explore.
After learning the language he moved there in 2007 and in 2016, at the age of 35, became a citizen, relinquishing his Canadian passport.When he applied for citizenship he was worried that being disabled might hamper him but says the positive reaction "blew me away". Her parents also provided a wheelchair for every floor of the school so Mizuki could get around with her classmates, independently
"I had so many job interviews with so many companies," Mizuki remembers of her job search. Often companies would request her disability passport to look at her workplace needs before deciding whether to proceed.
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