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Asian Games: Japanese athletes, officials comfortable staying in athletes village

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Sat, August 18, 2018

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Asian Games: Japanese athletes, officials comfortable staying in athletes village Fans show their support for Team Japan at an Asian Games men’s soccer Group D match at Wibawa Mukti Stadium in Cikarang, Bekasi regency, West Java on Tuesday. (INASGOC/Afriadi Hikmal)

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hile some might have been worrying that the athletes village in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta would not be comfortable for foreign delegates participating in the Asian Games, the Japanese athletes and officials are happy staying there, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) has said.

JOC executive board member Yasuhiro Yamashita told a press conference on Saturday that Japanese athletes and officials were comfortable in such a high quality village.

“The food and drinks served there are so delicious,” Yamashita added.

Over the last four days, Yamashita said he had met with friendly volunteers in the village. 

“They always smile and greet us with ohayo and konichiwa. I find a lot of smiling in the village, it makes us feel great,” he said, adding that he enjoyed jogging in the village compound.

The Kemayoran athletes village, which was completed in February, consists of five towers with 1,000 rooms for 15,000 athletes. (nkn)

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