Wrong national anthems are played three times during the Asian Para Games in Japan’s Nagoya, leading the city mayor to apologize. The incident follows similar mistakes made during Nagoya’s earlier Asian Games, which had already drawn criticism.
Across outlets, the reports describe the event as running in Nagoya this week through Saturday and involving thousands of athletes and officials competing in multiple sports. Al Jazeera adds that the Iranian anthem was played for athletes from Taiwan and Mongolia, specifying who was affected. Other coverage focuses on the apology and the broader context of repeated organisational failures at major multi-sport events in the city.
While all accounts agree on the core facts—three wrong anthems and a mayoral apology—some differ in detail and emphasis. Some outlets highlight that officials had pledged to prevent such errors, while others place more weight on the prior shortcomings of the Asian Games that concluded earlier in October.
