nhk has learned that some companies that have sponsored para sport federation in japan are reducing or ending support in the face of the pandemic. >> nhk recently surveyed para organizations in japan. sponsors have cut money or completely ended funding due to the impact of the virus on their businesses. jajapan para agethletics booste spornn sore numbers to 24 from just two before the games were awarded in tokyo. in fiscacal 2018, its sponsorsh reached about $470,000, but it expects that to drop b by moror than 10% inn fiscal 2020. it's worried about returning to a time when it was notoriously tough for para s sports to attrt sponsors. >> translator: w we can't affff to c cover personnel costs and cost of events without the funding. para sports may return to what they used to be, so we want to avoid that. >> repororter: uncerertainty ov whether regegular domesticc par sports eventss willl go aheaeads year couldld be another blow. an expert says federations must convince companies of the special value of supportining pa sports. >> translator: offering funds to parasports isn't just abou