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The Japanese delegation marches during the opening ceremony of the Asian Para Games on Nagoya in Sunday.
Asian Games
Oct 19, 2026
Asian Para Games officially open in Nagoya
About 3,000 athletes from 45 countries and regions are scheduled to participate. The Japanese delegation has entered about 280 athletes.
Rina Komokata, who won gold in the women's tennis doubles and bronze in the singles event at the 2025 Tokyo Deaflympics, speaks during a seminar held in Tokyo on Sept. 5.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 18, 2026
2025 Tokyo Deaflympics helped raise awareness, but challenges remain, survey finds
While the event was significant for working toward an inclusive society, the survey also highlighted issues remaining after it was done.
U.S. Paralympic swimmer Ali Truwit poses for a picture on May 19 in Los Angeles.
PARALYMPICS
Aug 19, 2026
U.S. Paralympian sees LA Games as chance to challenge China and change perceptions
Truwit, who won two silver medals in Paris a year after losing her lower left leg in a shark attack, saw firsthand how French fans lifted local athletes to new heights.
Koto Kawaguchi, a Deaflympics medalist who works in auto parts logistics in Aichi Prefecture, recently made his acting debut in the Hollywood film “Marty Supreme.”
CULTURE / Film / Longform
Mar 12, 2026
The unlikely Hollywood story of Deaflympics champion Koto Kawaguchi
The table tennis medalist discusses his unlikely turn in the Oscar-nominated ‘Marty Supreme’ and returning to life in Aichi Prefecture.
American Anna Soens said she "only started racing since last season" but has already qualified for the Milano Cortina Paralympics.
PARALYMPICS
Mar 8, 2026
Skiing ‘filled the void’ for Paralympian Anna Soens after life-changing fall
Soens was determined not to let the accident define her and set about finding a new passion in the form of Alpine skiing.
Crown Princess Kiko and Prince Hisahito watch an orienteering event of the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics on Sunday.
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2025
Crown Princess Kiko and Prince Hisahito watch Deaflympic event
The members of the imperial family watched the final round of the orienteering event’s men’s relay, which included?Japan and seven other teams.
The opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics was held Saturday in the capital, with Japan hosting the quadrennial international sporting event for people with hearing difficulties for the first time.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 16, 2025
Tokyo Deaflympics kick off as Japan hosts games for first time
A record 3,081 athletes from 81 countries and regions were registered, including Russias and Belarusians competing as neutral athletes.
Tokito Oda serves against Casey Ratzlaff during the first round of the U.S. Open wheelchair tennis tournament in New York on Wednesday.
TENNIS
Sep 5, 2025
Japanese phenom Tokito Oda off to winning start at U.S. Open
Oda is chasing a career Grand Slam at the U.S. Open — the only thing missing from his resume.
The planned wheelchair basketball venue for the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games is seen in a digital artist's rendering released on Tuesday.
PARALYMPICS
Jun 4, 2025
LA28 unveils venue plan for largest ever Paralympics
The Paralympics will seek to take advantage of the city’s vast network of existing sports venues when it hosts the event for the first time.
Participants experience para powerlifting during an event in Yokohama or March 22.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 17, 2025
P. United continues mission as para sports groups unite to face shared challenges
P. United remains optimistic about its mission in Year 3.
Takayuki Suzuki won a gold, two silvers and a bronze medal during the Paris Paralympics.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 7, 2024
Paralympic star Takayuki Suzuki hopes to raise visibility of people with disabilities
Takayuki Suzuki won four medals, including one gold, during the Paris Paralympics.
Former Ukrainian serviceman Yevhenii Korinets and fellow members of the Ukrainian Paralympic sitting volleyball team at a gym in Reshetylivka, Ukraine, on Aug. 7
PARALYMPICS
Sep 10, 2024
Paralympic flame still burns brightly for military veterans
Some professionals have said that para sport is a natural fit for former military operatives.
Kazakhstan's Raushan Koishibayeva competes in the women's para powerlifting up to 73kg gold final on Saturday
PARALYMPICS
Sep 9, 2024
In pictures: Paralympics’ end brings hope for more diversity
Scenes from 11 days of thrilling competition, in which Japan bagged 14 gold medals, 10 silver and 17 bronze.
Shunya Takahashi (center) and Nihon Fukushi University professor Toshihito Mitsui (right) during an event in 2019.
PARALYMPICS
Sep 4, 2024
From Koshien to the Paralympics: Javelin thrower realizes dream long in the making
Born in the city of Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Takahashi developed a right arm impairment at the age of 3 due to myelitis and finished sixth in his event in Paris.
A visually impaired runner (left) and an accompanying runner participate in a training session for guide runners held in Tokyo in July.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 3, 2024
Japan working to train guides for visually impaired runners
Guide runners are essential when visually impaired individuals participate in marathon events.
Koji Yamaguchi, president of Ox Engineering, says Paralympic athletes using the firm's wheelchairs won more than 140 medals in summer and winter games combined between 1996 and 2021.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2024
Wheelchair-maker in Japan empowering Paralympic athletes
Founded in 1988 as a developer of motorcycle engines and parts, the company switched to the wheelchair business in 1995.
People hold the Paralympic torch at the entrance of the Channel Tunnel in Coquelles, France, on Sunday.
PARALYMPICS
Aug 28, 2024
IPC president hails Paris Games as turning point for Paralympics
More than 1.75 million tickets had been sold by Friday ahead of Wednesday’s opening ceremony.
Britain's Lucy Shuker competes at a tournament in Eastbourne, England, in 2022.
PARALYMPICS
Aug 25, 2024
Paralympian Lucy Shuker indebted to wheelchair tennis for giving her some ‘joy’
Just 21 years old when she suffered the life-changing injury, Shuker, now 44, has become one of the finest doubles players in the world.
Eiffel Tower Stadium, which was used for beach volleyball during the Olympics, will host blind football during the 2024 Paralympics.
PARALYMPICS
Aug 23, 2024
Paralympians prepare to take center stage in Paris
Eighteen of the 35 Olympic venues will be used for the Paralympics.
A nine-member refugee team is set to take part in the 2024 Paris Paralympics, with athletes competing in taekwondo, athletics, triathlon, power lifting, table tennis and wheelchair fencing.
OLYMPICS
Jul 9, 2024
Largest refugee team to compete at Paris Paralympics
Athletes will take part in taekwondo, athletics, triathlon, power lifting, table tennis and wheelchair fencing.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in 91AV原创 anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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