Three-time gold medallist Miki Matheson has admitted there is still a "stigma" around disabled people in Japan as Tokyo continues its attempt to improve the profile of Para-sport in the country prior to the 2020 Paralympic Games.
British television network Channel 4 have announced that they have launched their tender process for coverage of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.
A mixed gender and class 4x100 metres relay in athletics and two mixed gender swimming relays have been added to the Tokyo 2020 programme as the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) confirmed the medal events for the two sports.
The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee have announced that pupils at almost 14,000 elementary schools in Japan have registered for the selection process of the Olympic and Paralympic mascots.
A celebratory event has been held in Tokyo to mark 1,000 days until the start of the 2020 Paralympic Games in the Japanese capital.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has today completed its fourth Project Review of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics with the two parties agreeing to focus on defining the legacy of the Games in the coming months.
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has praised Tokyo 2020 as he claimed "everything is coming together" for a successful Paralympic Games in the Japanese capital.
Tokyo 2020 President Yoshirō Mori has welcomed the election of Andrew Parsons as the new head of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Badminton World Federation (BWF) President Poul-Erik Høyer has expressed his delight that the sport has been awarded 14 medal events for its Paralympic Games debut at Tokyo 2020.
Australia will prepare for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Kobe, they have announced.
Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) chief executive Fiona Allan has questioned the timing of the announcement that athletics and swimming will have less medal events at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo than at Rio 2016.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has today announced the medal programme for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with four sports having more events than Rio 2016 but athletics and swimming having less.
A celebration event was held in Tokyo today to mark exactly three-years-to-go until the 2020 Paralympic Games.
The Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) has chosen the Japanese city of Hamamatsu as the training base for its athletes before Tokyo 2020.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) are happy with the progress made by the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee following a visit to see how preparations are going.
The first Winter Paralympic Games were held in Örnsköldsvik in Sweden in 1976. The disabilities included were blindness and amputees. A total of 16 countries took part with 53 athletes. Events were held in Alpine and Nordic skiing for amputee and visually impaired athletes and a demonstration event in ice sledge racing. West Germany finished top of the overall medals. They won a total of 28 medals, including 10 gold. The event was originally known as the 1st Winter Olympic Games for the Disabled.
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