Hikikomori

Following on from the previous episode's theme of eugenics in Japan, we look at how individuals who express eugenic beliefs can impact the world around them in horrific, horrific ways.

Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast.

Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• Sankei News - The suspect in the attack, Uematsu, was prejudiced against people with disabilities

• Sankei News - Residents rescue tied up staff members and cut cable ties with scissors to prevent further damage

• News PostSever - Suspect Uematsu, who apprenticed to a tattoo artist, was excommunicated after talking about killing everyone

• Mainichi Shimbun - Sagamihara murder - Victim's sister: “I can't reveal the name”

• Mainichi Shimbun - 3 arrested for alleged habitual abuse of disabled Osaka Pref. care home resident who died

• Nikkan Gendai - “I admire strong people” An acquaintance talks about the suspect who murdered 45 people in Sagamihara

• Tokyo Shimbun - Testimonies of the Sagamihara Massacre Incident: The bright central presence “Sato-kun”

• Aljazeera - Ex-employee stabs 19 people to death in Japan care home

• Kyodo News - Japan care home requires sterilization of mentally disabled couples

• BBC News - Tokyo Paralympics: The lowdown on being disabled in Japan

• Asahi Shimbun - U.N. committee urges Japan to revise laws for disabled people

• WION - Japan's disabled lawmakers fight to end the invisibility of people with disabilities

• Tokyo Weekender - Why is Japan Still Biased Against People with Disabilities?

• Science Direct - Disability policies in Japan and Sweden: A comparative perspective

• TokyoDev - Living with a disability in Japan

• Tofugu - Hidden No More: What Happens When The Intellectually Disabled Join Japanese Society

• Japan Times - 90% in Japan feel discrimination against disabled exists, survey finds

• Life Where I’m From X - Living in Japan with a Physical Disability

• Wikipedia - Sagamihara Stabbings