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Satoshi Fukushima (born 1962) is a Japanese researcher and advocate for people with disabilities. Blind since age nine and deaf from the age of eighteen, Fukushima was the first deafblind student to earn a degree from a Japanese university when he graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan University in 1987.
May 10, 2023 · Hellen Keller remains the best-known person who lived a fulfilling life despite being both blind and deaf, but Japan has a deafblind hero of its own: University of Tokyo Professor Fukushima...
Project Professor. Satoshi FUKUSHIMA. Interdisciplinary Barrier-Free Study. E-mail. fukusima rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Tel. 03-5452-5060. FAX. 03-5452-5062. 2024 Master Book. Biography. Research Interests. People with disabilities and those of advanced age face a diversity of "barriers" in modern society.
Jan 18, 2023 · A new film by Matsumoto Junpei portrays the story of Fukushima Satoshi, who lost his sight and hearing in his youth, yet went on to become a full-time professor at the University of Tokyo. We...
Satoshi Fukushima joined GLOBIS in April 2014. Prior to that, he worked at Deutsche Securities Inc., where he engaged in various M&A advisory and financing transactions. He received a BA in economics from the University of Tokyo.
In the Interdisciplinary Barrier-Free Study, Project Professor Dr. Satoshi Fukushima, the world's first deafblind university Professor, together with other researchers who themselves have disabilities,take the initiative in conducting studies aiming to make people and society more accessible.
Aug 23, 2023 · It triggered a tsunami which swept over Japan's main island of Honshu, killing more than 18,000 people and wiping entire towns off the map. At the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the gigantic wave...
