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May 1991 |
Prop Station is established
with the aim of encouraging self-reliance among the challenged.
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November 1991 |
Prop-Net, PC communication service to facilitate communication
through personal computers, is launched. |
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December 1991 |
Editorial committee for Flanker, organ paper of Prop Station, is established. The first issue is publised on April of 1992. |
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April 1992 |
A nation-wide questionnaire is conducted, targeting those with
serious disabilities, about their ideas on work.
The private organization named Prop Station moves its head office to the Osaka Voluntary Action Center. |
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September 1992 |
Computer seminars are initiated on the theme of 'Work for the Challenged';
according to the questionnaire conducted in April, 80 percent of respondents
clarified that they wanted to work and regarded computers as a
useful tool for working. |
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September 1992 |
Computer seminars are initiated on the theme of 'Work for the Challenged';
according to the questionnaire conducted in April, 80 percent of respondents
clarified that they wanted to work and regarded computers as a
useful tool for working. |
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March 7 1993 |
"Be Active Now! -the path to normalization", a symposium sponsored by Asahi Shimbun Social Welfare Organization, hosted by Prop Station. |
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March 1994 |
The members of the seminar take on their first job for a client. (They
developed a managerial system for overseeing pupils at Osaka Prefectural
Technical High School.) |
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July 26, 1994 |
Prop net becomes connected to the Internet. |
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January 17, 1995 |
Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake completely destroyed Nami's house. All staff members at Prop Station become the disaster victim, but engage in finding out about the safety of sufferers with PCs for volunteer work. the the significance
and potential benefits of a computer network are realized. |
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Spring 1995 |
Prop Station becomes the first Japanese welfare organization to obtain an Internet
domain. |
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August 1995 |
The 1st Challenged Japan Forum takes place in Tokyo. |
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December 1995 |
Prop Station conducts a trial basis of 'working from home' in cooperation with the Nomura
Research Institute, Ltd. |
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January 1996 |
In addition to Osaka Office, Prop Station Kobe Office is opened in the corner of Kobe Digital Labo., Inc. in Kobe Fashion Mart. |
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November 1996 |
The 2nd Challenged Japan Forum takes place in Osaka. |
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January 1997 |
The Prop Station Kobe Project begins. |
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July 1997 |
The 3rd Challenged Japan Forum takes place in Tokyo. |
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October 1998 |
Online training course for translators throughout Japan begins. |
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October 1998 |
The Challenged Art exhibition (by graduates and students from computer graphic seminars at Prop Station) is held. Their works are also available on the Internet. |
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November 1998 |
Prop Station create the official website for the "33rd National Sports Meet for People with Physical Disabilities" |
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July 7, 1998 |
Prop Station is granted recognition by the Ministry of Welfare
as a Social Welfare Corporation of the Second Class.
Nami Takenaka takes her position as Chairperson. |
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August 1998 |
The 4th Challenged Japan Forum International Meeting takes place in Kobe. |
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January , 1999 |
Head office is set up at Kobe Fashon Mart. |
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April , 1999 |
A symposium, "GATSUNNN!" is held commemorating Prop Station's attainment of
status as a Social Welfare Corporation.
Prop Station's Supporters' Association is set up. |
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August, 1999 |
The 5th Challenged Japan Forum is held at Sendai in Miyagi. |
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October, 1999 |
Nami Takenaka is awarded "Avon woman of the year", and "Education prise". |
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January, 2000 |
Information education training begins at all schools for the challenged in Osaka Prefecture. |
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May, 2000 |
Prop Station releases its first CD-ROM titled "E-letter of my own." |
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August, 2000 |
The 6th Challenged Japan Forum 2000 USA-Japan Symposium is held at
Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo.(August 30-31,2000) |
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February, 2001 |
A three way discussion by Nami Takenaka (chairperson), Mr. Chikara
Sakaguchi (Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare), and Mr. Masayasu
Kitagawa (Governor of Mie Prefecture) on "building a society where
everyone including the challenged may live equally with pride and
without discrimination." |
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April, 2001 |
Prop Station starts online coordination of "the Challenged telework from home." |
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November, 2001 |
The 7th Challenged Japan Forum 2001 International Symposium is held at Shima Spain Village in Mie Prefecture. |
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February 18, 2002 |
Project Team for Promoting a Universal Society where the Challenged can Become Taxpayers in Japan begins.
(Chairperson: Ms. Seiko Noda, Lower House Member, Vice Chair: Ms. Toshiko Hamayotsu, Upper House Member, Full-time Advisor: Nami Takenaka) |
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May 12, 2002 |
The 2002 "Let's make Kobe City a Universal Society" is hosted by Prop Station and Kobe City |
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August 27-28, 2002 |
The 8th Challenged Japan Forum 2002 is held in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. |
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October, 2002 |
Nami Takenaka becomes a first woman and NPO leader who is awarded the "Internal Affairs Award" by the Minister of Internal Affairs. |
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February, 2003 |
"Special Interview with Mr. Bill Gates" for upcoming Challenged Japan Forum in August is filmed at Hotel New Otani Tokyo. |
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August 21-22, 2003 |
The 9th Challenged Japan Forum 2003 International Symposium is held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba. |
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September 16, 2004 |
Ac+C'04 kick off symposium is held at U-PORT, Post-Office Insurance Hall. |
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August 18-19, 2005 |
The 10th Challenged Japan Forum 2005 International Symposium and Ac+C'04 Accessibility Award Ceremony 2005 is held at Kobe Fashion Mart in Kobe, of which ten years passed after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, Hyogo Prefecture.
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July 22, 2006 |
The 11th Challenged Japan Forum 2006 International Symposium is held at Tokyo Big Site in Tokyo. |
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October 31, 2007 |
Ac+C'04 Accessibility Award Ceremony 2006 is held. (at Tokyo International Forum) |
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January, 2007 |
Substitute office of Prop Station is opened in Tokyo. |
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February 13-14, 2007 |
"Remote IT seminar" is conducted from the homes of Challenged instructers to ministry officials in seminar rooms at the Health, Labour, and Welfare Ministry via the Internet. |
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March 24, 2008 |
The symposium for realizing a Universal Society is held at Hotel New Otani in Tokyo hosted by Prop Station and Yomiuri Shimbun. |
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April 23, 2008 |
Ac+C'04 Accessibility Award Ceremony 2007 is held by the Web development and Web marketing Consortium co-hosted by Prop Station. (at Tokyo International Forum) |
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June, 2008 |
Kobe Sweets Consortium kicks off. |
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October 1, 2008 |
Prop Station opens its new Tokyo office in Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku (in front of Akasaka Mitsuke station).
The Challenged Work Assistance ICT seminar in Tokyo begins. |
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October 18, 2008 |
Lena Maria's Concert -Love and Courage- is hosted by Prop Station. |
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March 5, 2009 |
Nami's Acceptance of the Woman of Courage Award by the U.S. Embassy in Japan |
