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The leader of Reiwa Shinsengumi, Taro Yamamoto, bows to the elected Upper House member, Yasuhiko Funago. (Image: Mainichi.jp)
Yasuhiko Funago: From home care to the Upper House
Watching from a hotel in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, Yasuhiko Funago (61) & his supporters were waiting for the election result. On 21 July, Yasuhiko Funago won the election to the Japanese House of Councilors. The election was historic because Yasuhiko Funago is no ordinary Japanese. He is suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease.Born in Gifu, 4 October 1957, Funago never started his step as a politician before. Instead, he once became a jewelry and luxury watches salesperson. However, his life changed forever in 2000 when Funago was diagnosed with ALS. The doctor told him that the disease has no remedy and if Funago refused to use breathing apparatus, he would have lived only for 3-4 years on average.
The reality hit him hard, and Funago felt like he wanted to die. At one time, Funago once refused to use the support system, afraid of being a burden to his whole family.
Fortunately, upon pondering, Funago decided that he did not want his disease to overcome his great love and care towards his family and other ALS-stricken communities. Therefore, in 2002, Funago began using breathing apparatus to keep him going.
- FUNAGO’S VOICE ECHOES THROUGH JAPAN –
It was in 2011 when Funago decided to return to his home, under 24-hour care. In a care visit, a woman named Misako Sazuka told that she wanted Funago to be involved in a struggle for the disabled. Funago, touched by her vision, agreed to join Earth, a nursing and care service company in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. Throughout his campaign, Funago was accompanied by Sazuka.
In 2014, Funago rose as the vice-chairperson for the Earth. However, Funago’s time in his former home care was what moved him towards politics and activism. For 8 years (2003-2011), Funago had to be taken care of at homecare. It all started with a simple matter: bathing service. The home care reduced the bathing service from 3 to 2 times a week, breaching its policy.
The matter got worse when Funago found out that the home care somehow found a sleazy trick, extorting its patients to pay about ¥50,000 per month for 2 years for the nutritional supplement, “in the name of the law”.
Furious by the fact, Funago ignited a revolution in the nursing sector at his home care. After acknowledging the fact, Funago stated that home care was too ignorant and discriminative on its patients.
Not long after, in June 2019, Funago was visited by Reiwa Shinsengumi’s chief, Taro Yamamoto. Yamamoto knew Funago through his acquaintances. Impressed by the Funago’s vocal expression for the struggle of the disabled, Yamamoto persuaded Funago to run for office.
Funago was then prioritized in a “special quota” from Reiwa Shinsengumi under a new 2018 revision to Public Offices Election Act. Afterward, Funago was unstoppable to win a seat in the House of Councilors.
By the election, Japan begins to lean forward to the age where no division between the disabled and the abled, where productivity is not the measurement for people’s value. In other words, the disabled can do amazing things too, a vision brought by Funago for the sake of the disabled community throughout Japan.
Source: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190721/p2a/00m/0na/004000c
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