Japanese lawmakers with disabilities

Japanese lawmakers with disabilities

Two newly elected lawmakers with severe physical disabilities, Yasuhiko Funago (2nd from R in back row) with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Eiko Kimura (4th from R in back row) with cerebral palsy, instruct their aides to raise hands for their affirmative votes during an extraordinary Diet session in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2019. The two ran in the July 21 upper house election as candidates for the anti-establishment Reiwa Shinsengumi group, now a political party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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