Volunteer helps spectator find seat at Asian Paralympics

Volunteer helps spectator find seat at Asian Paralympics

INCHEON, South Korea - A volunteer worker (R) helps a spectator find her seat at a stadium for the Asian Paralympics in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 24, 2014.

Few spectators watch wheelchair tennis at Asian Paralympics

Few spectators watch wheelchair tennis at Asian Paralympics

INCHEON, South Korea - A wheelchair tennis match is played at an almost empty stadium during the Asian Paralympics in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 23, 2014.

Ex-partners of united Korea table tennis team may meet again

Ex-partners of united Korea table tennis team may meet again

TOKYO, Japan - Ri Bun Hui (L) of North Korea and Hyung Jung Hwa of South Korea beat a French pair as a united Korea team to win the women's doubles event in the World Table Tennis Championships held in Chiba, Japan, in April 1991. The two players may meet again for the first time since 1993 at the Asian Paralympics in Incheon, South Korea, in October 2014 as Pyongyang has applied for participation in the event under the name of Ri, now secretary general of North Korea's association of physically disabled athletes.

Ex-S. Korean player hopes for reunion with N. Korean partner

Ex-S. Korean player hopes for reunion with N. Korean partner

TOKYO, Japan - Hyung Jung Hwa, a former South Korean table tennis player who formed a united Korea team with Ri Bun Hui of North Korea to win the women's doubles event in the World Table Tennis Championships held in Chiba, Japan, in April 1991, speaks about her hope for a reunion with her former partner at the Asian Paralympics in Inchon in October 2014 at a press conference in the South Korean city on Sept. 12.

Ex-partners of united Korea table tennis team may meet again

Ex-partners of united Korea table tennis team may meet again

TOKYO, Japan - Ri Bun Hui, a former North Korean table tennis player who formed a united Korea team with Hyung Jung Hwa of South Korea to win the women's doubles event in the World Table Tennis Championships held in Chiba, Japan, in April 1991, poses in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2014. The former partners may have a reunion at the Asian Paralympics in Inchon, South Korea, in October with Ri expected to lead the North Korean delegation.

Blind footballer play at futsal courts in Tokyo

Blind footballer play at futsal courts in Tokyo

File photo taken in November 2014 shows players with eye masks competing at the IBSA Blind Football World Championships at one of the futsal courts at Tokyo's Yoyogi National Stadium. The IBSA Blind Football Asian Championships is scheduled to begin at the futsal courts on Sept. 2 and top two teams will secure their spots in the Rio 2016 Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Few spectators watch wheelchair tennis at Asian Paralympics

Few spectators watch wheelchair tennis at Asian Paralympics

INCHEON, South Korea - A wheelchair tennis match is played at an almost empty stadium during the Asian Paralympics in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

Ex-partners of united Korea table tennis team may meet again

Ex-partners of united Korea table tennis team may meet again

TOKYO, Japan - Ri Bun Hui (L) of North Korea and Hyung Jung Hwa of South Korea beat a French pair as a united Korea team to win the women's doubles event in the World Table Tennis Championships held in Chiba, Japan, in April 1991. The two players may meet again for the first time since 1993 at the Asian Paralympics in Incheon, South Korea, in October 2014 as Pyongyang has applied for participation in the event under the name of Ri, now secretary general of North Korea's association of physically disabled athletes. (Kyodo)

Ex-S. Korean player hopes for reunion with N. Korean partner

Ex-S. Korean player hopes for reunion with N. Korean partner

TOKYO, Japan - Hyung Jung Hwa, a former South Korean table tennis player who formed a united Korea team with Ri Bun Hui of North Korea to win the women's doubles event in the World Table Tennis Championships held in Chiba, Japan, in April 1991, speaks about her hope for a reunion with her former partner at the Asian Paralympics in Inchon in October 2014 at a press conference in the South Korean city on Sept. 12. (Kyodo)

Asian Games: Scene from opening ceremony

Asian Games: Scene from opening ceremony

Mitsuru Nagase (center L), the para ice hockey silver medalist in the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics, passes the sacred flame to 1998 Nagano Olympics gold medal-winning ski jumper Masahiko Harada, the last runner in the torch relay, during the opening ceremony for the Asian Winter Games at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Feb. 19, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2 Cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni

2 Cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni

Sanae Takaichi (R), internal affairs minister, and Tamayo Marukawa, minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, visit the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2016, the 71st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, while Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering. The move immediately drew criticism from South Korea, one of the Asian neighbors that suffered Japanese wartime aggression. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2 Cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni

2 Cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni

Sanae Takaichi (L), internal affairs minister, and Tamayo Marukawa, minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, visit the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2016, the 71st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, while Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering. The move immediately drew criticism from South Korea, one of the Asian neighbors that suffered Japanese wartime aggression. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2 Cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni

2 Cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni

Sanae Takaichi (R), internal affairs minister, and Tamayo Marukawa, minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, visit the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2016, the 71st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, while Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering. The move immediately drew criticism from South Korea, one of the Asian neighbors that suffered Japanese wartime aggression. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2 Cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni

2 Cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni

Tamayo Marukawa, minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2016, the 71st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Sanae Takaichi, internal affairs minister, also visited the shrine while Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering, in a move that is likely to draw criticism from Asian neighbors that suffered Japanese wartime aggression. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2 Cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni

2 Cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni

Sanae Takaichi, internal affairs minister, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2016, the 71st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Tamayo Marukawa, minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, also visited the shrine while Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering, in a move that is likely to draw criticism from Asian neighbors that suffered Japanese wartime aggression. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2 Cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni

2 Cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni

Sanae Takaichi, internal affairs minister, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2016, the 71st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Tamayo Marukawa, minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, also visited the shrine while Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering, in a move that is likely to draw criticism from Asian neighbors that suffered Japanese wartime aggression. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo