| Part of 2020 Summer Paralympics | |
 Opening Ceremony, with Team Japan in the Parade of Nations | |
| Date | 24 August 2021 |
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| Time | 20:00 – 22:54 JST (UTC+9)[1] |
| Venue | Olympic Stadium |
| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Theme | "Moving Forward: We Have Wings"[2] |
| Filmed by | Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) |
| Footage | The ceremony on the IPC YouTube channel on YouTube |
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| 2020 Summer Paralympics |
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The 2020 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony took place on 24 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.[3][4] The theme of the opening ceremony was "Moving Forward: We Have Wings" and thus surrounded around the theme of aviation, airplanes, airports, and everything that involved air travel.[2]
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