JAKARTA --- Around 45 countries and regions with about 15,000 athletes and officials will participate in this 18th edition of the Asian Games, held mainly in Jakarta throughSept. 2. The first Asian Games event was held in India in 1951, and the Games have been held every four years since the second edition in 1954 in Manila. Japan has hosted the Asian Games twice, in 1958 in Tokyo and in Hiroshima in 1994. This is Indonesia's second time to host the Asian Games, after hosting the 1962 edition. "I am excited to be part of the history," said Daariin Purwanto, 19, a college student who is volunteering at the event. "I look forward to help people from other countries." According to the ...
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