Paralimpiade

Paralimpiade. The declaration was originally in effect from 12 July through 22 August 2021 two days before the Paralympic opening ceremony ; on 2 August, citing worsening rates of infection, Suga announced that the existing state of emergency would be extended through 31 August, and expanded to several other prefectures including three that neighbour Tokyo. New daily cases in Tokyo reached over 4,000 by 11 August 2021; it was anticipated that no public spectators would be admitted during the Paralympics in Tokyo and other affected regions, as with the Olympics. Organizers discussed other options for some form of spectator presence, such as inviting local school students to attend events a program which was also employed during the Olympics, and largely scaled back due to the pandemic.

It was later confirmed that there would be no public spectators at venues in the Tokyo, , and prefectures. On 19 August, the state of emergency was extended through 12 September 2021, and expanded to include. On 4 September, after four consecutive days without any new COVID-19 cases within the Paralympic , the IPC commended the Tokyo Organizing Committee for their work in handling the pandemic, with a spokesperson stating that "the amount of work that has gone in behind the scenes to deliver what you have seen over the past three weeks has been phenomenal.