{"id":68,"date":"2010-12-30T21:14:14","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T12:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jfd.or.jp\/en"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T05:08:47","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jfd.or.jp\/en\/about\/history","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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1947<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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May 25<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD is founded at Ikaho Hot Springs resort in Gunma Prefecture<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1948<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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May 1<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The first issue of the Japanese Deaf News is published<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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May 10<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD holds its 1st National Congress in Kyoto<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1950<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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May 10<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD is officially incorporated and registered with the Ministry of Health and Welfare<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1959<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Oct. 7<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD resolves at its 9th National Congress to join the World Federation of the Deaf<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1966<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Nov. 25<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The 1st National Debate Meeting of Deaf Youth is held in Kyoto<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1967<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Aug. 13<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Delegates from JFD are sent for the first time to the 5th World Congress of the Deaf in Poland<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Oct. 23<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The 1st National Games for the Deaf are held in Tokyo<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1968<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Feb. 5<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The 1st National Winter Games of the Deaf are held in Gunma Prefecture<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Mar. 9<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD Board decides to form a campaign headquarters to organize the movement to give the Deaf the right to obtain drivers’ licenses<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1969<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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May 11<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD’s Youth Section is established at the JFD National Congress in Kumamoto<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Oct. 25<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD publishes “Watashitachi no Shuwa,” a textbook on Japanese Sign Language<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1971<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Aug. 15<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD moves its head office from Osaka to Tokyo<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Nov. 21<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The 1st National Deaf Women’s Conference is held in Kyoto<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1972<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Apr.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Sunday classes to promote social integration of deaf adults begin<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1973<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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June 19<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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30,000 petition signatures are collected and submitted to the Diet to revise the Traffic Law prohibiting the Deaf from driving<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Aug. 28<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The Police Agency sends an official notice confirming the right of deaf persons to drive if they are wearing hearing aids<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1975<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Mar. 22<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Eiichi Takada, then JFD Secretary General, addresses the Lower House Budget Committee on Article 11 of the Civil Code and other deaf issues<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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May 1<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD’s Women’s Section is established in Aichi<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1976<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Nov. 27<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD begins giving certification exams for sign interpreters<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1977<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Feb. 1<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Oct. 20<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD publishes a quarterly magazine named “The Deaf Movement”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1979<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Apr.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD 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<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Dec. 11<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Revision 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1981<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Apr.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD is commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to set up a Videocassette Library Project<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1982<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Nov. 29<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD is commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to set up a committee to investigate and examine Sign Language interpreter services <\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1985<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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May 27<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The “Research Report Concerning Sign Language Interpreting Services” is presented to the Ministry of Health and Welfare<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Aug.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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1.2 million copies of “I Love Communication,” a pamphlet on Sign Language communication, are distributed<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1986<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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June 19<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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A 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1987<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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July<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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WFD decides at the 10th World Congress of the Deaf in Finland to hold the next World Congress in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1988<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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May 15<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD’s Senior Section is formed in Okayama<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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May 20<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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“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<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1990<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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July<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The Deaf Movement Quarterly changes its name to Mimi Quarterly<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1991<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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July 5<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The 11th World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf takes place in Tokyo<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1993<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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April<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD is commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to promote and spread Sign Language<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1994<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Nov. 2<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD holds a Leadership Training Seminar for Asian Deaf Persons<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1995<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Nov. 13<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD begins the “Leadership Training of Asian and Oceanian Deaf Persons” under the sponsorship of the Japan International Cooperation Agency<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Dec. 9<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The first experimental use of a communications satellite to broadcast television programs made exclusively for the Deaf<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1996<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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July 19<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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A petition on promotion for TV close-captioned broadcasting is adopted at the Diet. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1997<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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June 11<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD commemorates its 50th Anniversary at the 45th National Congress <\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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June 15<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD publishes the Japanese-Japanese Sign Language Dictionary<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1998<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Oct. 1<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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A nationwide campaign to revise discriminatory laws begins and over 2,220,000 signatures are collected.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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1999<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Feb. 10<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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A central meeting on for aiming to revise laws which discriminate against deaf people is held at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2000<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Mar. 29<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD submits the signatures collected in the above campaign to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the House of Councilors. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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May 19<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD 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).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Sep. 10<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD holds a nationwide meeting for aiming to revise laws which discriminate against deaf people. A deaf Physician is invited from U.S.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2001<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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June 13<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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A 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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June 22<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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A 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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July 17<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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For the first time, a license to practice pharmacy is given to a deaf person.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2002<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Jan. 31<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The National Center of Sign Language Education is established in Kyoto.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2003<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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July 1<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The charity drive for facilities improvement of the National Center of Sign Language Education is started.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2004<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Aug. 30<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The Community Sagano is opened in the National Center of Sign Language Education.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Mar.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD breaks away from the National Federation of Organization for the Disabled Persons.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Oct. 31<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The Japan Disability Forum (JDF) is established and JFD joins.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2005<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Oct. 31<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The “Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act” is enacted.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2006<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Apr. 1<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The “Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act” goes into force.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Apr. 13<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The National Police Agency decides to revise the traffic law so as to give the driver license even to persons with total deafness.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Dec. 13<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2007<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Apr. 1<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Special 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Sep. 28<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Japanese government signs the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2008<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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June 1<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Road 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2009<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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June 6<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Campaign for national screening of “YUZURIHA”, JFD’s 60-year anniversary movie, is launched.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Dec. 8<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Headquarters to Promote Reform of the System for Persons with Disabilities is established under Cabinet Office.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2010<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Jan. 12<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The 1st Conference to Promote Reform of the System for Persons with Disabilities is held.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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May 31<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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National 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Aug.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD starts the campaign of “We Love Communication” and distributes the pamphlet “We Love Communication” to enact “Information Access & Communication Act (Tentative)”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2011<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Mar. 11<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The 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. (Reorganized to the Central Headquarters for Disaster Relief for Deaf People in December, 2012)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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July 29<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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“Basic Act for the Persons with Disabilities” is revised and “Language (including Sign Language)” is stated and enacted. (Promulgation on August 5)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Sep. 27<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Oct.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The pamphlet “Sign Language Act for All” is issued to enact “Japanese Sign Language Act (Tentative)”. Forums and learning sessions start around the nation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2012<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Apr.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Instead 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Apr. 27
– May 6<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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“2012 World Deaf Table Tennis Championships” takes place at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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June 10<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Along 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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June 20<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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“Comprehensive Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act” is resolved and enacted. (Enforcement on April 1, 2013)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2013<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Mar. 9<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD forms Headquarters for Promotion of Legislation for Japanese Sign language. (Approved by JFD Board)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Apr. 1<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD acquires General Incorporated Foundation as a new status of legal entities under law revision.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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June<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Act for Eliminating Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities, and amended Act on Employment Promotion etc. of Persons with Disabilities are adopted and enacted (in effect since April 1, 2016)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Sep. 1<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Model project of telecommunication relay service is launched by the Nippon Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Oct. 11<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The first ordinance on Japanese Sign Language is enforced at Tottori Prefecture in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Nov. 22
– 24<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD holds “Information Accessibility Forum” at Akihabara, Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2014<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Jan. 20<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Japanese Government deposits the ratification instrument of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Apr. 1<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Oct. 22<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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A 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Dec. 25<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Over 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2015<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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June 11<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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A 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Aug. 27
– 28<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD holds the nationwide meeting – Summer Rally – for legislation of Japanese Sign Language Act.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Dec. 11<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Dec. 12
– 13<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD holds “Information Accessibility Forum 2015” at Akihabara, Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2016<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Mar. 3<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Arguments in writing for \u201cJapanese Sign Language Act\u201d adopted by 100% of local municipal councils throughout the country<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Apr. 14 and 16<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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2016 Kumamoto Earthquake
JFD launches the Central Headquarters for Disaster Relief for Deaf People in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake and begins to assist the disaster victims.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Oct.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD launches screening rally of documentary film, “Step by step, further forward” (seen by 30,000 people)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Dec.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD releases “JFD position paper on cochlear implant”.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Dec.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD releases pictograms representing sign language and communication by writing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2017<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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June<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD commemorates its 70th Anniversary at the 65th National Congress.
JFD invites the 112th WFD board meeting to Fukuoka (May 29-June 2).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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June 12<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Parliamentary Association for the Promotion of the Deaflympics in Japan is launched under the Caucus for Promoting Disability Sports and the Paralympics, Parliamentary Association for the Promotion of the Deaflympics in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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June 20<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD releases a memorial publication for its 70th anniversary, “Toward the full participation to society and equality”.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Oct.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Governors’ Assembly to Promotion of Sign Language recognizes members applying from all the prefectures in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Dec.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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United Nations proclaims September 23 as the International Day of Sign Language.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2018<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Jan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD launches a working team to respond to the forced sterilization under the former Eugenic Protection Act, and conducts an investigatory survey.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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June<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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A special resolution on the bid of the Deaflympic Games to Japan is adopted at the 66th JFD National Congress.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Sep. 23<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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The first celebration event of the International Day of Sign Language is held in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Oct. 24<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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First-ever real-time captioning is conducted at the live broadcasting of the national Diet (Policy speech by the Prime Minister).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2019<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Mar. 25<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Sign language interpretation for the urgent press conference of the Japan Meteorological Agency starts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Apr. 24<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Legislation to pay lump-sum to the victims of the forced sterilization under the former Eugenic Protection Act is enacted.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Oct. – Nov.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD produces “Bloom,” film celebrating its 70th anniversary.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2020<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Jan. 20-23<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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President and CEO of International Committee of the Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) visit Tokyo, Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Apr.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD cancels all the JFD-organized events in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
JFD launches COVID-19 Crisis Management Headquarters.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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July<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Production of JFD 70th anniversary film, “Bloom” is released; premier in Kanagawa<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Oct.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD General Assembly is held online (live broadcast from four sites)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Oct.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Deaflympics 2025 Bid Preparation Division is launched.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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June<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD General Assembly is held online (live broadcast for all the participating associations)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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June<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD extraordinary resolution on enforcement of the movement to eliminate eugenic ideology is adopted.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Jul. 1<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Telecommunication relay service as public infrastructure started.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Jul. 26<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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JFD submits an urgent request to both NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) and Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association, for sign language interpretation of the live broadcast of opening and closing ceremonies of the Games.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Sep.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Four DPOs for visual and\/or hearing disability have an online meeting with the minister of state for the promotion of COVID-19 vaccination<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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May 19<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Act on the Measures to Promote Information Accessibility and Communication for Persons with Disabilities is passed into law.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>

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Sep. 10<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n\n

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Tokyo is selected as a host city of the 25th Summer Deaflympic Games at the 49th ICSD Congress.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n

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