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Inclusive education for students with disabilities advancing in Japan

Japan Times 04:45 PM UTC Mon February 09, 2026 Science
Inclusive education for students with disabilities advancing in Japan

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Amid calls for implementing “reasonable accommodation” in education under the convention, one visually impaired student at Ohkagakuen University in Toyoake, Aichi Prefecture, realized her dream of studying in the United Kingdom last summer as part of her school program.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); });

Momoha Kubota, 21, is a third-year student in the English department at the university’s School of Liberal Arts. Kubota, who has studied at schools for the visually impaired since elementary school, is now training to become an English teacher.

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