• [MHLW] “Basic direction for the revision of remunerations for disability welfare services in 2021” announced

• [MHLW] “Workers Cooperative Law” enacted

• [MEXT] “Guidelines for Promoting Barrier-Free School Facilities” revised

• [MEXT] “Results of a Survey on the Status of Barrier-Free Facilities in Public Elementary and Junior High School” announced

• [Cabinet Office] “A Paradigm for the Evacuation of Elderly People – Based on the Experience of Typhoon Hagibis” announced

• [Cabinet Office] 19th Award Ceremony for Promotion of Barrier-Free Universal Design Prize held

• [Agency for Cultural Affairs] ”Interim Summary on Digitalization of Copyright Act”

• [MIC] Telephone Relay Service came into law

• [Barrier-Free] Calm down, cool down spaces set up at Haneda Airport

• [Assistive Devices] Exhibition of photographs taken by laser retinal projection technology

Edited and published by　Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities
Published on 20^th January 2021