Japan target record medal haul at home Asian Games
Japan's biggest Asian Games haul came when it last hosted the event in Hiroshima in 1994, winning 218 medals, including 64 golds.
Nearly 1,400 Japanese athletes and officials are set to participate in the upcoming Asian Games, which will be held in Nagoya, Aichi region, from September 19 to October 4. Chef de mission Kosei Inoue expressed his team's ambition to achieve a record medal haul during the inauguration ceremony. The Japanese team's previous home Asian Games triumph came in 1994 when they won 218 medals, including 64 golds, in Hiroshima.
Inoue, a former Olympic champion in judo and Asian Games gold medalist, expressed his optimism for this year's athletes, acknowledging that surpassing the 218 medals won in Hiroshima would be a significant challenge. The team includes Paris Olympics champions Shinnosuke Oka in gymnastics and Haruka Kitaguchi in javelin.
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