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ANDREW PARSONS

IPC President Andrew Parsons poses for photos before a news conference at the Milano Cortina 2026 Organising Committee headquarters in Milan, Italy.
PARALYMPICS
Mar 7, 2025
IPC chief tasks sports with setting own rules for transgender athletes
The Olympic Games and the Paralympics currently allow transgender athletes to compete.
A fireworks display was part of the 2024 Paralympic opening ceremony at Place de la Concorde in Paris on Wednesday.
PARALYMPICS
Aug 29, 2024
Paris Paralympics open with colorful ceremony and message of inclusion
The colorful and hope-filled ceremony that marked the start of 11 days of competition in a city still riding the wave of the successful Olympics.
People hold the Paralympic torch at the entrance of the Channel Tunnel in Coquelles, France, on Sunday.
PARALYMPICS
Aug 28, 2024
IPC president hails Paris Games as turning point for Paralympics
More than 1.75 million tickets had been sold by Friday ahead of Wednesday¡¯s opening ceremony.
Eiffel Tower Stadium, which was used for beach volleyball during the Olympics, will host blind football during the 2024 Paralympics.
PARALYMPICS
Aug 23, 2024
Paralympians prepare to take center stage in Paris
Eighteen of the 35 Olympic venues will be used for the Paralympics.
Organizers say they hope that the 2024 Paris Paralympics attracts packed audiences.
PARALYMPICS
Feb 27, 2024
Paralympics chief hopes for full stadiums and extensive TV coverage
Fewer than one million tickets out of a total of 2.8 million have been sold so far.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Mar 3, 2022
International Paralympic Committee will allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at Beijing Games
A joint statement from the athletes of Ukraine and Global Athlete group, an international athlete-led body, said the IPC issued ¡®another blow¡¯ to every Ukrainian athlete and citizen.
PARALYMPICS
Sep 5, 2021
Incident-free Tokyo Paralympics reach finish line
The event, staged with the host city under a state of emergency, completed 12 days of competition with no major disruptions due to the virus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 29, 2021
Paralympics chief ¡®confident with level of protection¡¯ in Tokyo
¡®We would not be organizing the games if we believed they could cause a big spread of the virus,¡± said Andrew Parsons, the head of the International Paralympic Committee.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2017
New IPC head ¡®very happy¡¯ about progress made to date for 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
During a two-day review of progress for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, IPC President Andrew Parsons sees preparations coming together successfully.
¡®My dream is broken¡¯: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ?3,000 from ?1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population.?
Japan¡¯s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to ¡°spend a long time together¡± with her parents.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Iran war exposed, but hasn¡¯t changed, Japan¡¯s reliance on imported oil
Wind turbines generate energy from strong easterly winds on the Shonai Plain in Yamagata Prefecture. Despite the oil crisis caused by conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, and concerns instability in the region could continue to impact supply and the price of imports, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not seem to be drawing on the war as a pretext to hasten progress toward Japan's renewable goals.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan¡¯s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan¡¯s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.

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