Indians living in Japan on stand-by to house Asian Games athletes
Indian expatriates in Japan are offering to host Indian athletes for the 2026 Asian Games due to concerns over inadequate accommodation provided by organizers. While officials maintain the current housing is safe, contingency plans are in place to utilize private homes if hotel capacity is exceeded.
Why it matters
This reflects the logistical challenges of hosting large-scale international sporting events and the role of diaspora communities in supporting national teams.
Indians living in Japan are standing by to house the country's athletes at the Asian Games if accommodation shortages continue, officials said on Saturday (September 19, 2026).
Asia's biggest sporting spectacular opens officially in Nagoya and Aichi prefecture on Saturday (September 19, 2026) night, but the build-up to the event has been dogged by problems .
To save money, Japan decided against having an athletes' village, with organisers choosing to put up competitors in a combination of hotel rooms, temporary wooden container-style huts and on a cruise ship.
But many of the 17,000 athletes and officials descending on Japan for the Games have been unhappy with their allocated temporary accommodation, saying rooms have no storage space for kit and the beds are too small.
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