Japan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation included a women's goalball team, men's and women's sitting volleyball teams, men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams, a wheelchair rugby team, and one wheelchair fencer.
Medalists
Sports
Archery
Men
|-
|align=left|Akira Haraguchi
|rowspan=3 align=left|Men's individual recurve standing
|557
|20
|L 83–109
|colspan=5|did not advance
|-
|align=left|Takahiro Hasegawa
|611
|7
|Bye
|L 94–100
|colspan=4|did not advance
|-
|align=left|Kimimasa Onodera
|620
|5
|Bye
|L 96–100
|colspan=4|did not advance
|-
|align=left|Tsunehiko Naganuma
|rowspan=2 align=left|Men's individual recurve W1/W2
|576
|20
|L 80–93
|colspan=5|did not advance
|-
|align=left|Nobuji Yoshida
|560
|22
|W 89–74
|L 98–106
|colspan=4|did not advance
|-
|align=left|Takahiro Hasegawa Tsunehiko Naganuma Kimimasa Onodera
|align=left|Men's team recurve
|1807
|4
|colspan=2
|W 188–183
|L 188–201
|L 194–207
|4
|}
Women
|-
|align=left|Chieko Kamiya
|align=left|Women's individual compound open
|627
|7
|colspan=2
|W 107–106
|W 106–104
|L 98–112
|
|-
|align=left|Kimiko Konishi
|rowspan=2 align=left|Women's individual recurve standing
|536
|12
|
|L 90–93
|colspan=4|did not advance
|-
|align=left|Yae Yamakawa
|561
|8
|
|L 79–85
|colspan=4|did not advance
|-
|align=left|Aya Nakanishi
|rowspan=2 align=left|Women's individual recurve W1/W2
|447
|19
|W 82–78
|W 82–74
|W 90–84
|L 76–82
|L 94–98
|4
|-
|align=left|Ayako Saitoh
|543
|9
|Bye
|W 86–76
|L 90–96
|colspan=3|did not advance
|-
|align=left|Kimiko Konishi Ayako Saitoh Yae Yamakawa
|align=left|Women's team recurve
|1640
|3
|colspan=2
|L 167–174
|colspan=3|did not advance
|}
Athletics
Men's track
Men's field
Women's track
Women's field
Boccia
Cycling
Men's road
Men's track
Equestrian
Goalball
The women's goalball team didn't win any medals; they were in seventh place in the preliminary stage.
Players
Akiko Adachi
Mieko Kato
Masae Komiya
Yuki Naoi
Tomoe Takada
Rie Urata
Tournament
Judo
Men
Women
Powerlifting
Men
Rowing
Shooting
Men
Women
Swimming
Men
Women
Table tennis
Volleyball
Men's tournament
The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams. Players Shun Azuma Satoshi Kanao Susumu Kaneda Tetsuo Minakawa Kaname Nakayama Susumu Takasago Yoshihito Takeda Tsutomu Tanabe Koji Tanaka Arata Yamamoto Atsushi Yonezawa Hitoshi Yoshida
Results
5–8th Semifinals
7–8th Classification
Women's tournament
The women's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams. Players Sachie Awano Junko Fujii Noriko Kaneda Emi Kaneki Yukari Okahira Shiori Omura Mamiko Osada Yoko Saito Haruni Sakamoto Tomoko Sakamoto Kiyoko Tomiya
Results
5–8th Semifinals
7th–8th Classification
Wheelchair basketball
Men's tournament
The men's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 12 teams. Players Shingo Fujii Reo Fujimoto Keisuke Koretomo Hiroaki Kozai Kazuyuki Kyoya Kenzo Maeda Fumiharu Miura Tetsuya Miyajima Noriyuki Mori Tomohiko Oshima Satoshi Sato Akimasa Suzuki
Results
Quarterfinals
5–8th Classification
7th–8th Classification
Women's tournament
The women's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were defeated by Australia in the bronze medal match. Players Mari Amimoto Yuka Betto Rie Kawakami Tomomi Kosuzuki Megumi Mashiko Naoko Sugahara Tomoe Soeda Mika Takabayashi Ikumi Takudo Kimi Taneda Miki Uramoto Erika Yoshida