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This picture taken on September 8, 2025 shows a woman walking past an advertisement for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture.

This picture taken on September 8, 2025 shows a woman walking past an advertisement for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)

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Asian Games

Agence France-Presse

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1787136941699AFP__20250911__744Z7NQ__v1__MidRes__Asiad2026Jpn.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960" alt="This picture taken on September 8, 2025 shows a woman walking past an advertisement for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture. Yuichi Yamazaki, AFP/File"/>This picture taken on September 8, 2025 shows a woman walking past an advertisement for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture. Yuichi Yamazaki, AFP/File</div>TOKYO — Japan are aiming to win more medals than ever before at their home Asian Games next month in Nagoya, chef de mission Kosei Inoue said Wednesday after the team&#x27;s inauguration ceremony.Japan&#x27;s biggest Asian Games haul came the last time they hosted the multisport spectacular, winning 218 medals including 64 golds in Hiroshima in 1994.Japan are sending more than 1,400 athletes and officials to this year&#x27;s Asian Games, which take place in Nagoya and the wider Aichi area from September 19 to October 4.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2026/8/18/all-aboard-as-asian-games-preparations-enter-final-stages-1045">READ: All aboard as Asian Games preparations enter &#x27;final stages&#x27;</a></div>Inoue, a former Olympic champion in judo who also won Asian Games gold in Bangkok in 1998, said he had high hopes for this year&#x27;s crop of athletes.&quot;We won 218 medals at the Hiroshima Asian Games, so in that sense it&#x27;s a very high hurdle,&quot; he said.&quot;But we want to do everything we can to at least match that level and, if we can, surpass it.&quot;Japan finished second in the medal table in China&#x27;s Hangzhou in 2023, winning 188 in total, with 52 golds.That figure was dwarfed by the host nation, who topped the table with 383 medals, including a whopping 201 golds.&quot;The level in Asia, with China at the centre but also further away in Central Asia, has really improved,&quot; said Inoue.&quot;More and more Asian athletes are thriving on the world stage.&quot;Japan&#x27;s team for the Asian Games includes Paris Olympics champions Shinnosuke Oka in gymnastics and Haruka Kitaguchi in javelin.

Japan are aiming to win more medals than ever before at their home Asian Games next month in Nagoya, chef de mission Kosei Inoue said Wednesday after the team's inauguration ceremony.

Japan are aiming to win more medals than ever before at their home Asian Games next month in Nagoya, chef de mission Kosei Inoue said Wednesday after the team's inauguration ceremony.

Japan target record medal haul at home Asian Games

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Japan target record medal haul at home Asian Games

Agence France-Presse

Published August 19, 2026 06:57 PM PHT

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