World Athletics/Deaflympics Building Momentum

Run! Jump! Throw! Track and field experience class

4th "Children's Sports Experience Class"
3/1 (Sat) "Let's Aotore! Running Class with Aoyama Gakuin Ekiden Club"

The "TOKYO FORWARD 2025 Children's Sports Experience Class" (4 sessions in total) allows children, whether they can hear or not, to enjoy sports together with athletes from the World Athletics Championships and the Deaflympics.
The fourth event will be held on Saturday, March 4st, titled "Let's do Aotore! Running Class with Aoyama Gakuin Ekiden Club." We will invite Aoyama Gakuin University coach Susumu Hara as the lecturer, who will teach us Aotore, the "running method that allows you to run happily and comfortably with a smile," which won the Hakone Ekiden.
Only 3 students from 6st to 30th grade can participate! Please apply!
*Application deadline: Monday, January 2th

"Miru Cafe" - A cafe where you can see words
Open for a limited time at Showa Women's University in Sangenjaya

Miru Cafe is a concept cafe that uses digital technology to make speech and other language visible, allowing anyone to connect with others, regardless of whether they can hear or not. Following the first event, which opened in Harajuku in November 2023 and attracted approximately 11 visitors over 12 days, this time hearing and hearing-impaired university students have launched the Miru Cafe Executive Committee to jointly plan and operate the Miru Cafe. It will be open for a limited time from February 4,500th (Thurs) to 3th (Fri) at CAFE2 in Showa Women's University in Sangenjaya. We look forward to seeing you there.

[Summary of implementation]
Period: Thursday, February 2025th to Friday, February 2th, 6
Opening hours: 11: 00 to 17: 00
Location: Showa Women's University Building 3, 1st floor, "CAFE3"
　　　7-57-XNUMX Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

*Deaflympics related events
*This event has now ended.

"Sign Cheer" is a new style of cheering for deaf athletes

Showing your support through your eyes

It was created based on the physical senses of people who perceive the world with their eyes and Japanese sign language, so that everyone, whether they can hear or not, can convey their thoughts to deaf athletes.
Developed by a team of people primarily made up of people who are deaf or have difficulty hearing, together with deaf athletes, the project aims to bring a new style of cheering from Tokyo to the world on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Deaflympics.

Let's all have a ``Shuwashuwa☆Deaflympics!'' Let's dance!

In 2025, the Deaflympics will be held in Japan for the first time. We created the dance song ``Shuwashuwa☆Deaflympics!'' with the aim of giving children an opportunity to learn sign language. ” was produced.
This dance incorporates sign language movements as part of the choreography, so whether you can hear or not, you can enjoy it together.
Let's all dance and support the players!

With comics and quizzes
"Let's learn! Deaflympics"

We have created Deaflympics learning content for elementary school students in order to help children deepen their understanding of Deaflympics and the lives of deaf people (those who are hard of hearing).The content allows you to have fun learning about the Deaflympics, the characteristics of Deaf sports, hearing impairments, sign language, etc. through comics and quizzes.

4th support ambassador
Nobuharu Asahara will be appointed!

Track and field legend Nobuharu Asahara will be appointed as the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics support ambassador!
Mr. Asahara is a top athlete representing Japan who has participated in the past six World Athletics Championships, and is also actively involved in sports for people with disabilities.
Together with other ambassadors, we will make the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics even more exciting.

Appointed as Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics support ambassador!

Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics
Appointed as a support ambassador!

In order to increase awareness and interest in the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics, which will be held for the first time in Japan, and to promote understanding of a cohesive society, three people, Neru Nagahama, Ikumi Kawamata, and KIKI, who understand the Deaflympics and sign language, were selected. , has been appointed as a support ambassador for the Tokyo 3 Deaflympics.

Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics 1 year to go event! LaLaport to be transformed into "Miruport"!?

An event commemorating one year until the Deaflympics was held at Urban Dock LaLaport Toyosu on Friday, November 2024th and Saturday, November 11th, 15.

The event is billed as "Two days of seeing, learning and experiencing the world of the deaf," and will deliver a variety of content related to the deaf.

At the ceremony, which featured support ambassadors and deaf athletes, the medal designs selected by a vote of elementary, junior high, and high school students were announced.

Tokyo 2025 IAAF World Championships One Year to Go Event to be Held! LaQua to be transformed into "IAAF World Championships Experience Park" for two days only!

An event to commemorate one year until the World Athletics Championships was held at LaQua on Friday, September 2024th and Saturday, September 9th, 13.

There will be a lot of content that will allow you to experience the charm of the World Athletics Championships, including a commemorative ceremony featuring special guests such as World Athletics Championship competitors Kentaro Sato and Asuka Terada, stage events that will allow you to experience the greatness of the athletes, and special experience programs that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike.

A talk show with popular video creators Fisher's and Marina Takewaki! Kenichiro Mogi's running brain science! A quiz show about the World Athletics Championships!! It's a two-day event full of content you won't find anywhere else!