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2018 Japan's basketball team, who participated in the Asian Games in Jakarta, Palembang, was on the wrong track.

On the 20th, the Asahi Shimbun website reported that four of the Japanese men 's basketball teams participating in the Asian Games visited a karaoke club in Jakarta, where a female staff member was hired.

According to the media, four players, including Hashimoto Takuya, Imamura Keita, Sato Takuma and Yuyao Nagayoshi, who joined the national team in the Japanese B-League, were playing Japanese official team uniforms I found Jakarta nightlife.

They bargained with karaoke officials and this was widely known as Asahi Shimbun.

The media said in an interview with a business woman that there was a testimony that "we ate out together with the players."

They were also prostitutes at a nearby hotel and were reported to return to the dawn athlete's village the next day.
The Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) immediately confirmed this fact and admitted that it was true that there was an act that was not representative of a Japanese player.

Yasuhiro Yamashita, Japan's top athlete, said yesterday that he will hold a press conference in the city to cancel the certification of four athletes who committed the mistake and to make formal disciplinary action.

The Japan Basketball Association (JBA) announced its apology through its official homepage and said the remaining Asian Games will be played by the remaining eight players.

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(Photo: Pixar Bay, Japan Basketball Association (JBA) capture the home page)