Deaflympics – Page 4 – Barrier Free Japan

by Michael Gillan Peckitt December 31, 2024 1

2025 Promises to be the Year for Deaf Athletes in Japan

The year is almost over, it is time to greet the next one. The event Barrier Free Japan is looking forward to the most that will take place next year is the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics, which will be held from November 15 to 26, 2025 in Tokyo with other venues in Shizuoka and Fukushima. Despite being older than the Paralympics – the first Deaflympics was held in Paris, France in 2024 – it doesn’t receive as much attention as the Paralympics, although like the Paralympics it is recognized by the IOC. This event will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Deaflympics, the Winter events being held in 2024 in Erzurum, Turkey.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt December 21, 2023 0

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Tokyo Metropolitan Government to Co-host ‘Disabled Sports Forum’ in February 2024

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is co-hosting a ‘Disabled Sports Forum’ at Hitotsubashi University Hitotsubashi Auditorium on Saturday 3rd February 2024, for people who support sports for people with disabilities, in collaboration with the Tokyo Sports Association for the Disabled and the Tokyo Parasports Instructors Council.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 4, 2023 0

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Disability News Japan Podcast: Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics Emblem Unveiled & 90 Year-Old Wheelchair-User Summits Mt. Fuji

Alpinist Yuichiro Miura, 90, reached the summit of Mount Fuji with a group of friends and family on Thursday, having used a wheelchair for the three-day ascent.

With the theme of the “circle” that connects people through the tournament, the design features a hand used in sign language and cherry blossom petals as motifs, and will be widely used in PR for the tournament.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 4, 2023 1

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Tokyo 2025 Summer Deaflympics Emblem Unveiled

With the theme of the “circle” that connects people through the tournament, the design features a hand used in sign language and cherry blossom petals as motifs, and will be widely used in PR for the tournament.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 24, 2023 1

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Outline of Tokyo Deaflympic Games 2025 Established

Competitions in 21 sports disciplines will be held at 17 venues during the Deaflympic Games in Tokyo, which will take place in 2025 from Nov. 15 to 26. Roughly 3,000 athletes from 70 to 80 countries and regions will participate.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt October 9, 2022 0

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Tokyo to host Summer 2025 Deaflympics

The Summer Deaflympics, an international sporting event for the hearing impaired, will be held in Tokyo in 2025. This is the first time Japan will host the Deaflympics, and follows Tokyo’s hosting of the Paralympics in 2021, another major international sporting event for the disabled.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt October 5, 2018 0

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Deaf community looks to bring their own Olympics to Japan after 2020

“While there is no Paralympic category for athletes solely with hearing impairments, the deaf community is not just watching the momentum build from the sidelines, and the Japanese Federation of the Deaf has launched a campaign to bring the Deaflympics — Olympic Games for the deaf — to Japan for the first time.”