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Tomoyuki Takahashi

Organizer of SP Social Support Planning
Social Activist: Support the social reintegration of patients with depression
Nationality: Japanese
Born in 1977, live in Hnamaki City, Iwate Prefecture
Language: Japanese (native), English (upper intermediate)

Education and Career

Apr. 1996 - Mar. 2000: The University of Tokyo
Majored in cognitive psychology. Also learned acoustic psychology.
Apr. 2001 - Mar. 2003: Studied architectural design and interior design at a vocational school.
Mar. 2003 - Nov. 2004: Worked at a residential design office: Sekkeidoujin Shirai Architect Office.
Mar. 2006 - Jun. 2009: Worked as a freelance English-Japanese translator.
Nov. 2008 - Dec. 2012: Opened Residential Design Laboratory based on physiological psychology.; I acted as an architecture writer. The design of room comfort, such as thermal environment and room acoustics, was the topic. I studied under many leading experts: design technology critics Mr. Yuzo Minami and Mr. Tetsuro Kai, and the renowned audio critic Mr. Shinichiro Ishii.
Oct. 2020 - Present: Operate SP Social Support planning
Publish the English version of the site (my first Japanese - English translation)

Turning Point in My Life

In Apr. 2010, Depression has developed.

I was made to realize how hard it is for a depressed patient to return to work and reintegrate into society in Japan.

The difficulty forced me to move from job to job. Eventually, I fell into “relative poverty.”

In Sept. 2016, “The New Grade Determination Guidelines for Mental Disorders” came into effect.

Since then, we can no longer receive disability pensions as long as we live alone.

We have been forced to live hand-to-mouth.

On April 17, 2020

In Japan, as a countermeasure against the economic impact of COVID-19, 100,000 yen (about $960) was distributed equally to the needy and those who were not in need.

But originally, 300,000 Japanese yen (about $2,900) was planned to be distributed “only to the needy.”

This series of unreasonable actions has convinced me that “the Japanese government will never save the socially disadvantaged and minorities.”

I've given up on the public support system. Instead, I began to think of establishing a private support system, or a private disability pension system. This wish is the cause for the establishment of SP Social Support Planning.