Legacy of pioneering doctor lives on in communities for disabled

As Japan prepares to host its second Paralympics next summer hoping for increased awareness of issues faced by the disabled, one social welfare group can look back on over five decades of implementing the vision of a pioneering doctor who many consider to be the father of Japan's disabled sports movement.Set up in 1965, just a year after the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics, Japan Sun Industries has been building communities where the disabled can live independent lives based on the mission of the late Yutaka Nakamura, its founder, to provide opportunities rather than charity.In the hot-spring resort…READ FULL ARTICLE