Masako has sent me an update on screenings of Voices from the Shadows in Japan. It is wonderful to see how much use has been made of the film by Japanese patients and ME Charities. FUTURE SCREENINGS: Screening at the Tsunagari Movie Festival in Tokyo. About 20 documentary movies on the disabled will be screened between December 5th -9th at Shibuya UPLINK, supported by Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan. Voices will be screened by Japan ME Association on December 8th. The festival is organized to ask for integrative and fair welfare laws and elimination of discrimination towards the disabled. PAST SCREENINGS : Higashi Kurume city (Tokyo) November 3rd Organised by Japan ME Association, the film screening was followed by a seminar by the Director of Kannai Clinic of Internal Medicine on how to deal with ME/CFS on daily basis.Aomori, Japan October 13th A screening and information session for medical/welfare students and Japanese citizens at Aomori University of Health and Welfare, organized by Apples Association. The screening followed by a seminar of Mr. Osamu Yamauchi on social security system and disability pension. https://facebook/manseihiroshoukougun Kanagawa, Japan. September 16th. Japan ME Association organised a screening and a seminar by a member of CFS research group(Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)Yoshihisa Yamano and the NPO representative Mieko Shinohara Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan August 31st. Japan ME Association organised a screening and a seminar by a medical social worker Mamoru Ogitsu Gifu, Japan August 31st. CFS/ME Patients Association Egao no hanabira atsumetai egaonohanabiraatumetai.jimdo/ organised a screening and a discussion seminar by the association representative Akari Tsukamoro, a licenced social insurance consultant Mr. Hiroshi Nakanishi, and a city councillor Naoya Wada. The event was followed by getting petitions from citizens on the street. Tokyo, Japan. July 15th. A screening of the film organised by Japan ME Association accompanied by a talk by a medical social worker and Meiko Shinohara. Nagano, Japan. June 23rd A screeing of the film organized by Nagano Screening Executive Committee with Japan ME Association https://facebook/nagano.cfsme.support?fref=ts Tokyo, Japan. May 22nd. Japan ME Association organised a screening in the Parliament Buildings. A board member of the charity and of the Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association spoke at the event, along with Meiko Shinohara of ME Association ME. Osaka, Japan. May 12th. A public screening for ‘International ME Awareness Day’ arranged by Kansai CFS Association. ameblo.jp/hiroukokufuku Tokyo, Japan. May 11th. A screening for the Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association. Japan ME Association
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