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.

The women's goalball team didn't win any medals; they were in seventh place in the preliminary stage.

The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams.

The women's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were defeated by Australia in the bronze medal match.