• Official Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games mascot Someity ready to go at the coundown ceremony at NHK Hall
  • Paralympic swimmer Junichi Kawai, Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Ryohei Miyata, Tokyo 2020 Paralympic medal designer Sakiko Matsumoto, long jump T44 world record holder Markus Rehm and Japanese wheelchair tennis stars Shingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji on stage during the Ceremony
  • Paralympic swimmer Junichi Kawai, Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Ryohei Miyata, long jump T44 world record holder Markus Rehm and Japanese wheelchair tennis stars Shingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji on stage ahead of the unveiling of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games medals
  • Paralympian Aki Taguchi, who participated in Athens 2004, speaks on stage at the One Year To Go Ceremony as the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay Official Ambassador
  • Long jump T44 world record holder Markus Rehm, Chairman of the Board Japanese Para-Sports Association, Japanese Paralympic Committee Mitsunori Torihara and Japanese wheelchair tennis stars Shingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji
  • Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike, Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori, Vice President of International Paralympic Committee and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga ahead of the Countdown Ceremony
  • Wheelchair tennis players Shingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji with Chairman of the Board Japanese Para-Sports Association, Japanese Paralympic Committee Mitsunori Torihara
  • KREVA performs at the One Year To Go Countdown Ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
  • Singer KREVA performs official recognition song of Japan Boccia Association for supporting the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with Rio 2016 Japanese boccia stars
  • KREVA and Japanese Paralympic Boccia Rio 2016 teammembers Hidetaka Sugimura andTakaki Hirose
  • Top: Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike, Chairman of the Board, Japanese Para-Sports Association, Japanese Paralympic CommitteeMitsunori Torihara, Athletics Long Jumper Markus Rehm, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori. Bottom: Wheelchair Tennis star Shingo Kunieda, Vice President of International Paralympic CommitteeDuane Kale, Wheelchair Tennis star Yui Kamiji
  • The Paralympic Games medals being unveiled during the ceremony at NHK Hall
General

Celebrating One Year to Go to Paralympic Games

Tokyo 2020 marked the occasion with a ceremony at NHK Hall on Sunday 25 August.