While Japan targets seventh place or better in next year's Paralympic medal table, para sports organizers believe it is unlikely Japan will be able to pull off the kind of long-term growth former hosts China and Britain have enjoyed.Since China hosted the 2008 Summer Paralympics, the nation has made huge strides, winning 107 gold medals in 2016, roughly one-fifth of the 529 on offer in Rio de Janeiro. Britain finished second in Rio with 64 golds, 30 more than when it staged the games in 2012.Toshio Yamada, the executive director of the Japan Para-Sports Association, expects Japan to make gr…READ FULL ARTICLE
