The Iranian national anthem was played for athletes from Taiwan and Mongolia, prompting Nagoya’s mayor to apologise.
Wrong 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.
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“These things happened during the Asian Games, so, of course, the operations were reviewed and examined based on the…
