OREANDA-NEWS. Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that it has signed a Gold Partner agreement with the Japan Boccia Association and an official sponsorship agreement with the Japan Wheelchair Basketball Federation.

Sharing the commitment of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to achieve a more-inclusive society for people with impairments through Paralympic competition, Toyota signed an official sponsorship agreement with the IPC in 2015 to serve as a Worldwide Paralympic Partner Sponsor. Toyota decided to support the Japan Boccia Association and the Japan Wheelchair Basketball Federation with the aim of contributing to improved recognition and proliferation of Paralympic competition.

Boccia is a sport in which even people with severe impairments, such as cerebral palsy, can participate and a sport that many people can enjoy together, regardless of gender or age or whether one is impaired or not. Meanwhile, wheelchair basketball has a great number of Paralympic participants and enjoys a wide base that includes leagues even for players without impairments, as well as university federations. Toyota decided to support both sports because it views them as transcending the boundaries between athletes with and without impairments and being able to widely spread the joy and excitement of sports among many kinds of people.