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Launch of disability policy reform in Japan

  • New administration under DPJ started (September 2009).
  • Ministerial Board for Disability Policy Reform (MDPR) established as Government’s high level mechanism for disability policy reform with Prime Minister being head thereof (December 2009).
  • Mandate of MDPR is to proceed with intensive systemic reform to change Japan’s legal and administrative system to meet requirements leading to Japan’s ratification of Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
  • Committee for Disability Policy Reform (CDPR) was organized to discuss and report to MDPR on a wide range of matters pertaining to disability policy reform. With vigorous participation of a wide range of stakeholders, CDPR functions as “engine” for Japan’s disability policy reform.
  • A professional with extensive knowledge on CRPD, and being a person with disability himself, was invited to join Cabinet Office to serve as head of secretariat to CDPR.
  • The CDPR itself embodies active involvement of persons with disabilities in the development of national policy.
  • The immediate five years (2009-2014) is considered as intensive period for the systemic reform