The Asian Games are essentially rotated among Korea, China, and Japan, with other Asian countries occasionally being included

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Since '86, Korea has hosted 3 times, China 3 times, and Japan 2 times including this one.
I heard that since Japan hasn't hosted for a long time, they were told they had to do it, so they had no choice.
With the East Asian Games also in the mix, the Asian Games really have a lot of issues. There are too many sporting events,
and costs are high, so I can understand why people are reluctant to host them.