"When the Games were postponed, Paralympians were beacons of hope,” said IPC boss Andrew Parsons. “They never stopped pursuing their dreams.”
The Summer Games also exposed various inadequacies in Japanese emergency abilities and distortions in postwar Japanese society.
Despite their different viewpoints, they all acknowledge the uniqueness of holding the Games during the coronavirus pandemic.
The International Paralympic Committee teamed up with video game maker JP Games to offer a free, individualized way for fans around the world to experience the...
The 32-year-old is set to become one of the few Japanese athletes to compete in both the Summer and Winter Paralympics.
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From Winter to Summer Games: just two months after she started practicing the sport in 2019, Muraoka broke the then-Japanese record in the women’s 100m track...
At 18, Kimura competed in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. He then won a total of six medals in 2012 and 2016, but not a gold among...
“I'm driven by the thrill of taking on new challenges and discovering my hidden potential," said Tsuchida, who made her Paralympic Games debut in 1994.
The Olympics were a respite from the harsh reality of COVID. It was the Games where we were more connected than ever before.
“It brought home to me how exciting it is to represent your country in sports,” said a sixth-grade elementary school girl after watching the Olympic soccer...
Tokyo will be the first city to host the Paralympic Summer Games a second time, overcoming a global pandemic and standing alongside the Olympics in full...