Gallery: Disability Japan 2005-end

Closing Remarks

At the end of the protest, Mr. Kim Jeong-ok the director of DPI-Japan addressed the group, against the backdrop of the Diet Parliament building. He talked about what was being discussed in committee. The overall message was not positive - the bill was most likely to go through.

He talked about what the next step was. Most of the implementation details of the Grand Design were left vague. The shift would now be towards making sure lobbying for proper bureaucratic implementation of the law at both the national and local levels.

Although this protest coincides with the end of my fieldwork in Japan, I'll be continuing to track this issue as it progresses. Keep my blog bookmarked for continuing coverage.

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Technical Details

The photographs in this series were taken with a Leica M7 film rangefinder and 35mm f/2 Zeiss Biogon lens. The film used was Fuji Neopan Acros 100 for the black and white work and Fuji Provia 100 for the color work. They were scanned on a Nikon LS 4000 Coolscan film scanner and processed in Adobe Photoshop CS.

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