Wrong Korea, wrong anthem: Asian Games organizers apologize to S. Korea

Asian Games: Apology issued over N. Korean anthem at S. Korea hockey game

The organizing committee of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games has apologized for mistakenly playing the North Korean national anthem before a South Korea men's hockey match, Seoul's sports governing body said Saturday.

Organizing committee apologizes for playing N. Korean anthem at S. Korean hockey match - The Korea Times

NAGOYA, Japan — The organizing committee of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games has apologized for mistakenly playing the North Korean anthem at a South K...

Asian Games offer 'deepest apologies' for South Korea anthem blunder

The Asian Games organisers played the North Korean national anthem as South Korea’s hockey team lined up to face Bangladesh.

Asian Games: N. Korean anthem mistakenly plays before S. Korea hockey game

North Korea's national anthem was mistakenly played before a men's hockey game between South Korea and Bangladesh at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, a source close to the matter said Friday.

Operational blunders at Asian Games disrupt Korean team - The Korea Times

Japan's organization of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games is drawing criticism over a string of missteps, from playing the wrong national anthem to poor...

Bungling Asian Games chiefs play North Korean anthem for South Korea

Asian Games organisers mistakenly played the North Korean national anthem ahead of a men's hockey match between Bangladesh and South Korea.

North Korea anthem played at South’s Bangladesh hockey match at Asian Games

Asian Games organisers in Japan accidently play North Korea's anthem ahead of South's hockey match with Bangladesh.

South Korea makes Asian Games complaint over Japan warlord ceremony

SEOUL: South Korea's Olympic committee said on Friday (Sep 18) it filed a complaint with Asian Games organisers in Nagoya for featuring a Japanese warlord at a welcoming ceremony.The event on Tuesday included a person dressed as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who led Japan's invasions of Korea in 1592-1598, and the cere

S. Korea files official complaint for highlighting Japanese warlord in ceremony

NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) -- The top South Korean sports body said Thursday it has filed an official complaint with the organizing committee of the Aichi

Asian Games: Opening ceremony offers respite amid mounting complaints

Accommodation crisis, transport gaffes and national anthem mix-ups headline the games before their opening in Japan.

2026 Asian Games

The 2026 Asian Games , officially the XX Asian Games (第20回アジア競技大会) and also known as Aichi–Nagoya 2026 (愛知・名古屋2026), is an ongoing multi-sport event which are being held in Aichi Prefecture in Japan from 19 September to 4 October 2026, with several events starting from 10 September. Nagoya is the third Japanese city to host the Asian Games, after Tokyo in 1958 and Hiroshima in 1994. The event is set to return to its traditional four-year cycle, after the 2022 edition was postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Games marked the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Asian Games held in New Delhi, India.

Asian Games organizers pledge to address accommodation complaints as cruise ship arrives

Asian Games organizers said they were committed to addressing complaints from athletes and officials about accommodation as the cruise ship that will house around 4,000 of them during the multi-sport event docked in Nagoya on Tuesday.

Asian Games return to Japan after 32 years amid soaring costs, struggle for relevance

NAGOYA -- Japan will host the Asian Games for the first time in 32 years when the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games open Sept. 19. Athletes from 45 countries a

Team Japan forced to look at alternate accommodation options at home Asian Games

Abandoning plans to set up an Athletes' Village, 2026 Asian Games host Nagoya sets up alternative accommodation options, including a chartered cruise ship and shipping-container style huts

Bus mix-up before Asiad final turns into source of motivation for S. Korean basketball team

Hours before the men's basketball final at the Asian Games on Sunday, the South Korean team had to cancel its pre-match shootaround after its scheduled shuttle