Japanese lawmakers with disabilities

Japanese lawmakers with disabilities

Actor-turned-politician Taro Yamamoto, founder of the anti-establishment Reiwa Shinsengumi group, now a political party, speaks at a press conference at the parliament building in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2019. The party's two lawmakers with severe physical disabilities, Yasuhiko Funago (L) with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Eiko Kimura (R) with cerebral palsy, who won seats in the July 21 upper house election, attended an extraordinary Diet session the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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