Tokyo 2020 champion Lisa Adams highlights a group of five athletes from New Zealand who made their Paralympic debuts in the Japanese capital, and their success has been recognised through presentations of their official Paralympic pins and numbers.

Six New Zealand athletes who made their Paralympic Games debut at Tokyo 2020 have been received by Waipa District Council to receive their official numbered pins.

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has admitted that he feels "forever in debt" to Japan for staging the Paralympic Games last year despite the pandemic.

More than 30 per cent of Para sports organisations in Japan have received an increase in grants from businesses following the nation's hosting of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, but just as many have seen a funding decrease from these companies.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has designed the months of August and September as "Tokyo Parasports Month", celebrating last year's hosting of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Indian discus thrower Vinod Kumar has been suspended for two years by World Para Athletics for violating classification rules at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

True North Research's 2021 BenchMark study has found that the emotional connection to the Australian Paralympic team is at its highest level following success at Tokyo 2020.

Just over 30 per cent of respondents to a survey in Tokyo said they had "developed a greater understanding of people with impairments" following last year's Paralympic Games, Tokyo 2020 has revealed.

Tokyo 2020 high jump bronze medallist Paralympics bronze medallist Sharad Kumar kicked off the Paralympic leg of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Meet the Champions" initiative at a school in Kerala today.

World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner has thanked the nation of Japan and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for the hosting of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, claiming the Games were held at the "highest level" despite COVID-19 challenges.

Dutch wheelchair tennis player Diede de Groot and Swiss athlete Marcel Hug were among the 2021 Paralympic Sport Awards winners following gold-studded campaigns at Tokyo 2020.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been announced as the keynote speaker for the upcoming Inclusion Summit.

The Malaysian Government has confirmed shot putter Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli will not be given a cash bonus after he was stripped of the gold medal he won at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Tokyo hosting the Paralympic Games led to a better understanding of disabilities in Japan, according to a survey conducted by the Kyodo News agency.

The investigation into the disqualification of Malaysia's Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics has upheld the initial decision, stating there is no evidence that Ziyad arrived at the call room at the appointed time.