{"id":68,"date":"2010-12-30T21:14:14","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T12:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jfd.or.jp\/en-archive"},"modified":"2022-09-28T21:56:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T12:56:57","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jfd.or.jp\/en-archive\/about\/history","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1947<\/td>\nMay 25<\/td>\nJFD is founded at Ikaho Hot Springs resort in Gunma Prefecture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1948<\/td>\nMay 1<\/td>\nThe first issue of the Japanese Deaf News is published<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMay 10<\/td>\nJFD holds its 1st National Congress in Kyoto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950<\/td>\nMay 10<\/td>\nJFD is officially incorporated and registered with the Ministry of Health and Welfare<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1959<\/td>\nOct. 7<\/td>\nJFD resolves at its 9th National Congress to join the World Federation of the Deaf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1966<\/td>\nNov. 25<\/td>\nThe 1st National Debate Meeting of Deaf Youth is held in Kyoto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>\nAug. 13<\/td>\nDelegates from JFD are sent for the first time to the 5th World Congress of the Deaf in Poland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOct. 23<\/td>\nThe 1st National Games for the Deaf are held in Tokyo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nFeb. 5<\/td>\nThe 1st National Winter Games of the Deaf are held in Gunma Prefecture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMarch 9<\/td>\nJFD Board decides to form a campaign headquarters to organize the movement to give the Deaf the right to obtain drivers’ licenses<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nMay 11<\/td>\nJFD’s Youth Section is established at the JFD National Congress in Kumamoto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOct. 25<\/td>\nJFD publishes "Watashitachi no Shuwa," a textbook on Japanese Sign Language<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nAug. 15<\/td>\nJFD moves its head office from Osaka to Tokyo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNov. 21<\/td>\nThe 1st National Deaf Women’s Conference is held in Kyoto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/td>\nApril<\/td>\nSunday classes to promote social integration of deaf adults begin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1973<\/td>\nJune 19<\/td>\n30,000 petition signatures are collected and submitted to the Diet to revise the Traffic Law prohibiting the Deaf from driving<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAug. 28<\/td>\nThe Police Agency sends an official notice confirming the right of deaf persons to drive if they are wearing hearing aids<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>\nMarch 22<\/td>\nEiichi Takada, then JFD Secretary General, addresses the Lower House Budget Committee on Article 11 of the Civil Code and other deaf issues<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMay 1<\/td>\nJFD’s Women’s Section is established in Aichi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1976<\/td>\nNov. 27<\/td>\nJFD begins giving certification exams for sign interpreters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nFeb. 1<\/td>\nJFD starts a campaign to collect signatures of approval on four major issues:
1) revision of the Traffic Law for the granting of driver’s licenses; 2) revision of Civil Code Article 11; 3) official recognition and support for Sign Language interpreting service systems; and 4) establishment of a center for people who are deaf or have speaking impediments.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOct. 20<\/td>\nJFD publishes a quarterly magazine named “The Deaf Movement”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1979<\/td>\nApril<\/td>\nJFD is commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to establish a sign interpreter instructors’ training program and to conduct studies on the standard sign language<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDec. 11<\/td>\nRevision of Article 11 in the Civil Code (to delete the stipulation that describes blind persons and deaf person as quasi-incompetent) is passed in a unanimous at the 90th Extraordinary Diet. Enforcement on June 20, 1980.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>\nApril<\/td>\nJFD is commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to set up a Videocassette Library Project<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/td>\nNov. 29<\/td>\nJFD is commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to set up a committee to investigate and examine Sign Language interpreter services <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>\nMay 27<\/td>\nThe “Research Report Concerning Sign Language Interpreting Services” is presented to the Ministry of Health and Welfare<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAugust<\/td>\n1.2 million copies of "I Love Communication," a pamphlet on Sign Language communication, are distributed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nJune 19<\/td>\nA deaf political candidate is not allowed to have his campaign speeches interpreted. This sparks a nationwide campaign to allow Sign Language interpretation for election campaign speeches.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nJuly<\/td>\nWFD decides at the 10th World Congress of the Deaf in Finland to hold the next World Congress in Japan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nMay 15<\/td>\nJFD’s Senior Section is formed in Okayama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMay 20<\/td>\n“The Research Report on Issues such as the Standardization of the Certification Exams for Sign Language Interpreters” is presented to the Ministry of Health and Welfare<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nJuly<\/td>\nThe Deaf Movement Quarterly changes its name to Mimi Quarterly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nJuly 5<\/td>\nThe 11th World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf takes place in Tokyo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nApril<\/td>\nJFD is commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to promote and spread Sign Language<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nNov. 2<\/td>\nJFD holds a Leadership Training Seminar for Asian Deaf Persons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nNov. 13<\/td>\nJFD begins the “Leadership Training of Asian and Oceanian Deaf Persons” under the sponsorship of the Japan International Cooperation Agency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDec. 9<\/td>\nThe first experimental use of a communications satellite to broadcast television programs made exclusively for the Deaf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nJuly 19<\/td>\nA petition on promotion for TV close-captioned broadcasting is adopted at the Diet. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nJune 11<\/td>\nJFD commemorates its 50th Anniversary at the 45th National Congress <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJune 15<\/td>\nJFD publishes the Japanese-Japanese Sign Language Dictionary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nOct. 1<\/td>\nA nationwide campaign to revise discriminatory laws begins and over 2,220,000 signatures are collected.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nFeb. 10<\/td>\nA central meeting on for aiming to revise laws which discriminate against deaf people is held at Tokyo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nMarch 29<\/td>\nJFD submits the signatures collected in the above campaign to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the House of Councilors. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMay 19<\/td>\nJFD submits the signatures collected in the campaign to revise discriminatory laws to the Assistant Manager of Headquarters of Promoting the Welfare of Disabled Persons (a position held additionally by the Minister of Health and Welfare).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSep.10<\/td>\nJFD holds a nationwide meeting for aiming to revise laws which discriminate against deaf people. A deaf Physician is invited from U.S.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nJune 13<\/td>\nA law bill of “revision a part of Road Traffic Act” is resolved at the Upper House plenary session. They abolish the Clause 88 that had discriminated against the disabled.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJune 22<\/td>\nA law bill of "revision of several laws, including Medical Practitioners Act, so as to improve the reasons for disqualification regarding the disabled" is carried. Revise of 27 laws and 31 systems eliminate the disabled-specific absolute grounds for disqualification.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJuly 17<\/td>\nFor the first time, a license to practice pharmacy is given to a deaf person.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nJan. 31<\/td>\nThe National Center of Sign Language Education is established in Kyoto.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nJuly 1<\/td>\nThe charity drive for facilities improvement of the National Center of Sign Language Education is started.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nAug. 30<\/td>\nThe Community Sagano is opened in the National Center of Sign Language Education.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMarch<\/td>\nJFD breaks away from the National Federation of Organization for the Disabled Persons.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOct. 31<\/td>\nThe Japan Disability Forum (JDF) is established and JFD joins.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nOct. 31<\/td>\nThe “Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act” is enacted.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nApril 1<\/td>\nThe “Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act” goes into force.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nApril 13<\/td>\nThe National Police Agency decides to revise the traffic law so as to give the driver license even to persons with total deafness.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDec. 13<\/td>\nThe plenary of the UN General Assembly adopts by consensus the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which defines "signed languages are included in language". It means sign language is acknowledged across the world as one of languages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nApril 1<\/td>\nSpecial needs education system starts. School Education Act is revised and schools for the blind, the deaf and the disabled changes their names to "Special-needs schools". \u3000Opposition campaign has been conducted against the change of designations of schools for the deaf as well as unification or parallel establishment of schools for the deaf with schools for other disabilities. Currently, most of schools use the term as Special Need Education School for the Deaf to show the type of disability.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSep. 28<\/td>\nJapanese government signs the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nJune 1<\/td>\nRoad Traffic Act is revised. A deaf person is allowed to get driver’s license without hearing aids if he uses a wide mirror and a marker to show his deafness.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nJune 6<\/td>\nCampaign for national screening of "YUZURIHA", JFD’s 60-year anniversary movie, is launched.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDec. 8<\/td>\nHeadquarters to Promote Reform of the System for Persons with Disabilities is established under Cabinet Office.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nJan. 12<\/td>\nThe 1st Conference to Promote Reform of the System for Persons with Disabilities is held.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMay 31<\/td>\nNational screening of JFD’s 60-year anniversary movie "YUZURIHA" is ended. The movie was shown at 517 places and seen by more than 150,000 persons.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAugust<\/td>\nJFD starts the campaign of “We Love Communication” and distributes the pamphlet “We Love Communication” to enact “Information Access & Communication Act (Tentative)”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nMarch 11<\/td>\nThe Great East Japan Earthquake – JFD launches the Central Headquarters for Disaster Relief for Deaf People in the Great East Japan Earthquake and begins to assist the disaster victims.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJuly 29<\/td>\n“Basic Act for the Persons with Disabilities” is revised and “Language (including Sign Language)” is stated and enacted. (Promulgation on August 5)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSep. 27<\/td>\nJFD collects 1,163,876 signatures with the "We Love Communication" and submits them to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the House of Councilors and the Cabinet Office. Over 210,000 copies of the pamphlet "We Love Communication" are distributed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOctober<\/td>\nThe pamphlet “Sign Language Act for All” is issued to enact “Japanese Sign Language Act (Tentative)”. Forums and learning sessions start around the nation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nApril<\/td>\nInstead of "Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act", JFD demands another new act and takes the immediate claim action to members of the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nApril 27
– May 6<\/td>\n		“2012 World Deaf Table Tennis Championships” takes place at Tokyo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJune 10<\/td>\nAlong with change of organization of JFD, a new "Expert Committee System" launches at the 60th National Congress, where a record number of over 5,000 participants gathers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJune 20<\/td>\n“Comprehensive Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act” is resolved and enacted. (Enforcement on April 1, 2013)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nMarch 9<\/td>\nJFD forms Headquarters for Promotion of Legislation for Japanese Sign language. (Approved by JFD Board)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nApril 1<\/td>\nJFD acquires General Incorporated Foundation as a new status of legal entities under law revision.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJune 13<\/td>\nAmendment of “Act on promotion of Employment of Persons with Disabilities” is resolved and enacted.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJune 19<\/td>\nAct on elimination of disability discrimination is resolved and enacted.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOct. 11<\/td>\nThe first ordinance on Japanese Sign Language is enforced at Tottori Prefecture in Japan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNov. 22
– Nov. 24<\/td>\n		JFD holds "Information Accessibility Forum" at Akihabara, Tokyo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\nJan. 20<\/td>\nJapanese Government deposits the ratification instrument of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nApril 1 <\/td>\nThe council in Ishikari city, Hokkaido, approved the Basic Ordinance on Japanese Sign Language on Dec. 1, 2013, and put it into force on Apr 1, 2014, for the first time among municipalities in Japan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOct. 22<\/td>\nA deaf accuser reaches an advantageous settlement with the city administration of her resident area at the court over refusal of dispatch of sign language interpreters.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDec. 25<\/td>\nOver 1400 municipal councils adopts the arguments in writing (as a kind of petition) requesting Japanese Government to enact “Japanese Sign Language Act”. 100% of 47 prefectures in Japan adopt the arguments in writing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nJune 11<\/td>\nA commemoration of the foundation of JFD in 1947 is built at its birthplace in Ikaho Hot Springs resort prior to the 63th JFD National Congress in Gunma.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAug. 27
– Aug. 28<\/td>\n		JFD holds the nationwide meeting – Summer Rally – for legislation of Japanese Sign Language Act.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDec. 11<\/td>\nJFD holds the nationwide meeting – Winter Rally – for legislation of Japanese Sign Language Act.
99.9% of municipalities in Japan adopts the arguments in writing requesting Japanese Government to enact "Japanese Sign Language Act". Only one town is left for adoption.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDec. 12
– Dec 13<\/td>\n		JFD holds "Information Accessibility Forum 2015" at Akihabara, Tokyo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nMarch 3<\/td>\nArguments in writing for \u201cJapanese Sign Language Act\u201d adopted by 100% of local municipal councils throughout the country<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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