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

'Find your own room': Japan says can't handle added Asian Games numbers

There is no dedicated athletes' village, with organisers instead relying on a cruise ship, temporary wooden containers and hotels.

What’s the Asian Games accommodation crisis, and where will athletes stay?

In a cost-cutting move, Japan decided against setting up a dedicated athletes' village but now faces a backlash.

Officials raise concerns over accommodation shortages ahead of Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games - The Korea Times

NAGOYA — Complaints about a shortage of accommodations for the upcoming Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games have been growing just four days before the openin...

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 chief defends 'functional' rooms after backlash

NAGOYA: Accommodation for Asian Games athletes in Japan is "functional" and efforts are being made to deal with numerous complaints from disgruntled teams, a chief organiser told AFP.More than 17,000 competitors and officials are expected at the continent's biggest sporting spectacular, which opens on Saturda

Asian Games: Common area, fitness facilities readied for athletes

Athletes at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games will have access to an outdoor common area for events and socializing, as well as several fitness facilities at their lodging base, which was opened to the media on Wednesday.

Asian Games chiefs say room for everyone amid accommodation crunch

The Games will be held in Nagoya and the wider Aichi area from Sep 19 to Oct 4.

Asian Games: Common area, fitness facilities readied for athletes

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Athletes at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games will have access to an outdoor common area for events and socializing, as well as several f

Lodging woes hit host Japan ahead of Asian Games opening

Issues arose after organizers expected 15,000 athletes and officials for the Games, only for numbers to increase as new sports were added.

Accommodation shortages raise concerns ahead of Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games

NAGOYA - Complaints about a shortage of accommodations for the upcoming Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games have been growing just four days before the opening, a sports official said Tuesday.

Asian Games open in Nagoya with glitzy ceremony after troubled buildup

Organizers hope the Asian Games opening ceremony will help resolve a rocky buildup filled with complaints from athletes and officials involving accommodation and transport

Asian Games organizers, OCA say accommodation secured despite entry surge - The Korea Times

Asian Games organizers in Japan and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said on Friday that accommodation had been secured for all 17,000-plus athlet...

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

Asian Games: Olympic Council of Asia officials see no accommodation issues

Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Coordination Committee Chairman Mohammad Tayyab Ikram said Friday there were no concerns following reports that some athletes were unable to stay in accommodation.

Asian Games cruise ship arrives in Nagoya as accommodation complaints grow

Organisers are hoping there will be fewer complaints about the cruise ship, despite the Games taking place during Japan's typhoon season.

Asian Games stumble before opening with leaks, lost buses - The Korea Times

NAGOYA, Japan — A representative of a sports federation who moved into the cruise ship athletes’ village at Kinjo Pier near Nagoya Port on Wednesda...