Since there is an extra long Golden Week because of the Emperor’s abdication, marking the end of the Heisei era and the beginning of the Reiwa era, there might be a lack of news, so I made an extra long podcast.
April 29th and May 3rd to 6th are already assigned as national and public holidays. May 1st is designated as a national holiday, April 30th and May 2nd will become public holidays, resulting in a rare 10-day vacation period beginning April 27th, which falls on a Saturday.
Hopefully, there will still be news articles to share, but there may no podcasts until the second week of May.
Episode links:
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Marathon ‘Ticket Lottery’ to begin May 9th: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/04/08/tokyo-2020-paralympics-marathon-classes-announced/
Forced Sterilization Compensation Bill is enacted:
https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/04/24/japan-enacts-law-to-redress-victims-of-forced-sterilization/
