Olympics: Japan's athlete count to top 400, highest in overseas games

More than 400 Japanese athletes are set to compete at the Paris Olympics this summer, the largest ever for the country at an Olympics held abroad, the Japanese Olympic Committee revealed Monday.The number will surpass a record-high 339 seen at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as Japan qualified in team sports such as basketball, football and volleyball.The country qualified at least one team in either the men's or women's competition of each team ball sport.Japan has set a target of 20 gold medals, with its strength in judo, wrestling and urban sports, such as skateboarding.At the Tokyo Olympics i…READ FULL ARTICLE