Wrong national anthems played three times at Asian Para Games in Japan

The Iranian national anthem was played for athletes from Taiwan and Mongolia, prompting Nagoya’s mayor to apologise.Published On 22 Oct 202622 Oct 2026Wrong national anthems were played three times at the Asian Para Games in Japan’s Nagoya this week, prompting the mayor to apologise weeks after the city hosted the mishap-plagued Asian Games.Nagoya Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa apologised on Wednesday for the latest error, which occurred despite officials’ pledges to implement steps to prevent mistakes, including playing the correct national anthems.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4How a comedy of errors ‘ruined everything’ for athletes at the Asian Gameslist 2 of 4Asian Games: South Korea volleyball team latest to be taken to wrong venuelist 3 of 4Taiwan’s gender-row boxer Lin Yu-ting wins Asian Games goldlist 4 of 4No handshakes and a delayed ceremony as India beat Pakistan at Asian Gamesend of list“These things happened during the Asian Games, so, of course, the operations were reviewed and examined based on the lessons learned. The fact that it happened again is really just unacceptable,” the mayor said at a news conference.The Asian Para Games is taking place in the centra...