Japan won 52 golds in Hangzhou and 188 medals overall, down on their haul from the previous Asian Games, in Jakarta in 2018.
HANGZHOU -- Japan is looking to its young talent to impress at next year's Paris Olympics after finishing a distant second in the Asian Games medals table to hosts China.
"We have also had some great performances from our young athletes in skateboarding, sports climbing, table tennis and so on." But Japan did not do as well as in previous years in sports where they have traditionally racked up the medals. Japan enjoyed their best-ever performance at the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics two years ago, winning 27 golds and 58 medals overall.
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