Japan won its first Paralympic gold medal in wheelchair rugby Monday after seeing off the United States 48-41 in Paris, with the nation adding two badminton gold on the day to make it five total at the ongoing games.
The Chunichi Shimbun reported that on August 30th, businessman Hiroyuki Nishimura (47), known as "Hiroyuki", updated his X (formerly Twitter), giving his personal opinion regarding Nippon Television's “24-hour TV", which began its broadcast on August 31st.
Posting about the Paralympics, “Hiroyuki” said:
"If they're going to deal with people with disabilities on 24-hour TV, they should broadcast the Paralympics…”, referring to the Paris Paralympics that began on the 28th.
Episode notes:
‘Paralympics: Japan wins wheelchair rugby, 2 badminton golds in Paris’:
https://english.kyodonews.net/paralympics/news/2024/09/e47d88fd9363-paralympics-japan-wins-wheelchair-rugby-2-badminton-golds-in-paris.html
‘ “They should broadcast the Paralympics” Japanese businessman criticises lack of broadcasting of Paris Paralympics’:
https://barrierfreejapan.com/2024/09/01/they-should-broadcast-the-paralympics-japanese-businessman-criticises-lack-of-broadcasting-of-paris-paralympics/
