{
  "id": 11619496,
  "title": "Asian Games: Japan tops record medal haul from Hiroshima",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/asian-games-japan-tops-record-medal-haul-from-hiroshima",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-03T06:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20261003/p2g/00m/0sp/011000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Japan has set a new record for the most medals won at the Asian Games, surpassing its previous record of 218 medals set at the 1994 Games in Hiroshima. This achievement was driven by victories in various sports, including tennis, boxing, sailing, canoe slalom, judo, cycling, and more. In tennis, Yusuke Kusuhara and Shunsuke Nakagawa won the men's doubles gold, while Rui Yamaguchi claimed the men's 55-kilogram boxing title. In sailing, Tetsuya Isozaki and Yurie Seki won the mixed dinghy gold, and Yuuki Tanaka secured a gold in the men's kayak cross event. The Japanese team also added multiple judo gold medals and a women's omnium gold in cycling.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 6,
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}