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Yasuhiko Funago (舩後靖彦, Funago Yasuhiko, born 4 October 1957) is a Japanese politician and current member of the House of Councillors. He and fellow councillor Eiko Kimura became the first people with severe disabilities elected to Japan's National Diet in 2019.^[1]^[2]^[3] He is a member of the Reiwa Shinsengumi.^[2]

ALS has caused him to lose much of his mobility, requiring a full-time caregiver.^[4]

References

^ "Japan's first severely disabled lawmakers join parliament". BBC News. 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
^ ^a ^b Osaki, Tomohiro (2019-08-01). "Opposition lawmakers with severe disabilities make Upper House debut after steps taken toward creating barrier-free Diet". The Japan Times. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
^ "Disabled lawmakers join Japan's parliament". 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
^ Davis, River. "New Japanese Legislator With Lou Gehrig's Disease Aims to Stop Abuse of Disabled". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2019-08-04.

External links

"Mr.FUNAGO Yasuhiko：House of Councillors". www.sangiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2019-08-04.

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[1] "Japan's first severely disabled lawmakers join parliament". BBC News. 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2022-03-24.

[:0-2] Osaki, Tomohiro (2019-08-01). "Opposition lawmakers with severe disabilities make Upper House debut after steps taken toward creating barrier-free Diet". The Japan Times. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2019-08-04.

[3] "Disabled lawmakers join Japan's parliament". 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2019-08-04.

[4] Davis, River. "New Japanese Legislator With Lou Gehrig's Disease Aims to Stop Abuse of Disabled". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2019-08-04.

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+{{nihongo|'''Yasuhiko Funago'''|舩後靖彦|Funago Yasuhiko| born 4 October 1957}} is a Japanese politician and current member of the [[House of Councillors (Japan)|House of Councillors]]. He and fellow councillor [[Eiko Kimura]] became the first people with severe disabilities elected to [[Japan]]'s [[National Diet]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-01 |title=Japan's first severely disabled lawmakers join parliament |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49188555 |access-date=2022-03-24}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Osaki |first=Tomohiro |date=2019-08-01 |title=Opposition lawmakers with severe disabilities make Upper House debut after steps taken toward creating barrier-free Diet |work=The Japan Times |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/08/01/national/politics-diplomacy/opposition-lawmakers-severe-disabilities-make-upper-house-debut-steps-taken-toward-creating-barrier-free-diet/ |access-date=2019-08-04 |issn=0447-5763}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-01 |title=Disabled lawmakers join Japan's parliament |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49188555 |access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Reiwa Shinsengumi]].<ref name=":0" />
-{{nihongo|'''Yasuhiko Funago'''|舩後靖彦|Funago Yasuhiko| born 4 October 1957}} is a Japanese politician. He was diagnosed with [[Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis|ALS]] and lost much of his mobility, requiring a full-time [[caregiver]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-japanese-legislator-with-lou-gehrigs-disease-aims-to-stop-abuse-of-disabled-11564487517|title=New Japanese Legislator With Lou Gehrig's Disease Aims to Stop Abuse of Disabled|last=Davis|first=River|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref>
+[[Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis|ALS]] has caused him to lose much of his mobility, requiring a full-time [[caregiver]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-japanese-legislator-with-lou-gehrigs-disease-aims-to-stop-abuse-of-disabled-11564487517|title=New Japanese Legislator With Lou Gehrig's Disease Aims to Stop Abuse of Disabled|last=Davis|first=River|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref>
-He was elected in the [[2019 Japanese House of Councillors election|2019 election to the House of Councillors]] on the [[Reiwa Shinsengumi]] party's proportional representation list alongside [[Eiko Kimura]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49188555|title=Disabled lawmakers join Japan's parliament|date=2019-08-01|access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/08/01/national/politics-diplomacy/opposition-lawmakers-severe-disabilities-make-upper-house-debut-steps-taken-toward-creating-barrier-free-diet/|title=Opposition lawmakers with severe disabilities make Upper House debut after steps taken toward creating barrier-free Diet|last=Osaki|first=Tomohiro|date=2019-08-01|work=The Japan Times|access-date=2019-08-04|issn=0447-5763}}</ref>
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