Asian Games wrap up, Japan improves in hierarchy ahead of Olympics

The curtain was lowered on the 16-day Asian Games on Sunday with China again atop the medal table and Japan having secured a confidence-boosting second place ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics which begin in less than two years.Some 11,000 athletes from across the continent gathered in Indonesia for the world's largest multisport event after the Olympics, and with Japan moving ahead of close rival South Korea for the first time since 1994, the host nation of the next Olympics can take plenty of positives away.A gold rush in swimming for Japan, led by teen sensation and games "most valuable pl…READ FULL ARTICLE