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One year on: A look back at Japan’s goalball shocker
06.09.2013 The Japanese women’s goalball team gave fans something to watch at London 2012 en route to their surprising gold medal. -
Japan’s Kozo Kubo aims for historic biathlon victory
04.06.2013 World Champion has his sights set on ending 15-years of Paralympic hurt, even working to qualify for the athletics World Championships in Lyon on his road to Sochi 2014. -
Japan still seek Sochi sledge hockey spot
23.05.2013 The IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Paralympic Qualification Tournament will be Japan’s last chance at trying to qualify for Sochi 2014. -
Sledge Spotlight: Mitsuru Nagase
13.03.2013 Goaltender Mitsuru Nagase will be one of Japan’s key players in trying to get the team back to the Paralympic Winter Games. -
Ice sledge hockey growing triple-fold
23.11.2012 In the last 16 years eight countries have been added to the ice sledge hockey World Championship programme. -
No. 40: Japan triumph in sudden-death throw
22.11.2012 The Japan-Sweden women’s goalball semi-final plunged into sudden death during the Paralympic Games at the Copper Box, making it the No. 40 moment of 2012. -
Judoka Soazo Faces Toughest Competition of Career
31.05.2012 Since winning gold in Beijing, Soazo has had to settle for silver and bronze at the last two world championships. In London, she hopes to wrestle her way back to the top of the podium. -
World Sledge Hockey Challenge: Japan Deemed 2011 Underdog
23.11.2011 Nearly two years after winning a surprise silver medal at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, Japan’s Ice Sledge Hockey team is still trying to ride off that momentum. -
Shingo Kunieda voted IPC’s Athlete of the Month December 2010
10.01.2011 Japanese Wheelchair Tennis Player Shingo Kunieda has been voted by the public as the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) ‘Athlete of the Month’ for December 2010. The world number one... -
Chance Meeting With Pair of Skis Spurs Obinata to Glory
13.10.2010 With just three months to go until the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Sestriere, Italy, Japan’s multiple Paralympic medal winner Kuniko Obinata is still thankful for the day she...
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10.09.2013
Wheelchair dance sport world champs to take place in Tokyo
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05.09.2013
More racing wheelchairs available thanks to fundraising efforts
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Nominees for 2013 IPC Governing Board elections announced
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