A record 273 athletes will represent Japan at the 2025 Tokyo Deaflympics to be held in November, the host country said Thursday.Among them are Ryutaro Ibara, who won four men's swimming events at the previous Deaflympics in 2022 in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, and Takuma Sasaki, who will try to retain his 100-meter sprint title.About 3,000 athletes from 70 to 80 countries and regions plan to compete at the Nov. 15-26 meet. Most events will be held in Tokyo, with Fukushima Prefecture's J-Village hosting football and Shizuoka Prefecture staging cycling races.Japan aims to win at least one more than…READ FULL ARTICLE
