Legal regulation of Anma teacher's training facility "Reasonable constitution" Sendai District Court June 8 19:15

The Sendai District Court has filed a lawsuit against Fukushima prefecture's school corporation for violating the constitution regarding the law that regulates the training facilities for visually impaired Anma massage shiatsu practitioners to maintain their livelihoods. He dismissed the complaint, saying that "the regulations are rational and do not violate the constitution."

Fukujukai, a school corporation that runs a vocational school in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, applied to the government to establish a new training course for Anma massage Shiatsu teachers for people without visual impairment, but the law provided for it. For no reason, he filed a trial for revocation, saying that he "violates the constitution that guarantees freedom of choice."

The law states that the state may not approve the establishment of a vocational school, etc., so that it does not make living difficult for the visually impaired, and there was a dispute in the court over whether this regulation violated the constitution.

In a judgment on the 8th, the judge of the Sendai District Court, Rika Ogawa, said, ``Since a considerable number of visually impaired people still rely on the work of Anma Massage Shiatsu, the income is still low. There is some rationale for the purpose of regulation."

In addition, it was judged that it would not violate the constitution because "If no regulation is set, the number of massage shiatsu massagers will increase and price will drop, and it will be difficult for the visually impaired to maintain a living." It was.

Kiyotaka Oikawa, chairman of a group of visually impaired people who listened to the case, said, "The unconstitutional decision could have driven the visually impaired, but it was a wonderful decision to support our social independence. It was."

On the other hand, Yasuhiro Orita, who is acting as an agent of the school corporation, said, "There are few training facilities in Tohoku for people without visual impairment. The ruling concludes that freedom of occupation is merely a socio-economic policy. No.” and indicated a policy of appeal.