17:07 JST, February 19, 2026

It is unacceptable that people with disabilities are uniformly excluded from specific occupations. A legal provision contributing to this situation was ruled unreasonable and unconstitutional. The court’s decision was only natural.

In the lawsuit over a disqualification clause in the Security Services Law that barred an individual using the adult guardianship system from becoming a security guard, the Supreme Court’s Grand Bench ruled that the clause violated the Constitution. This marks the 14th instance since the end of World War II that the Supreme Court has declared a legal provision unconstitutional.

The adult guardianship system helps manage property and contracts for people with intellectual disabilities or dementia whose judgment may be unreliable.

The plaintiff, a man in his 30s, worked as a traffic........

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