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Asian Games: Japan Beat China in Men's Basketball to Secure 1st Medal

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Japan ensured its first medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday after beating China 97-77 in the men's basketball semiRead full story here

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[Sports Chosun Reporter Park Chan-jun] The continent is in shock. The Chinese men's national basketball team suffered a crushing 78-97 defeat against Japan in the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's basketball semi-final held at the Aichi International Arena in Nagoya, Japan on the 18th. Initially, a landslide victory for China was expected. Japan was missing almost all of its key players. Of course, China was also excluded from the NBA, includi…

[Cable News] In the Asian Games men's basketball semifinals, China lost to host Japan by 20 points. The red-shirted Chinese team fell behind early on, scoring Japan's second-highest 15 points. (The last sentence appears to be unrelated and possibly a fragment from another news report.)

The photo shows Japanese basketball player John Harper (center) dribbling past a Chinese player during the men's basketball semifinals of the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, on September 18, 2026. (JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images)

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archysport.com broke the news on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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