Paralympics: Tokyo 2020 can transform Japanese society: IPC chief

Philip Craven, president of the International Paralympic Committee, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 12, 2016. Hosting the Paralympics has the potential to change people's outlook before and after the games, he said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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