Four Japanese Basketballers Sent Home After ‘Night Out With Women’

Japan’s Asian Games delegation head Yasuhiro Yamashita on Aug. 20

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Jakarta, Indonesia (AP) -- Four Japanese basketball players were kicked off their Asian Games team and sent home Monday after delegation head Yasuhiro Yamashita said they "spent the night in a hotel with women."

Yamashita told a news conference that the four players hooked up with the women after eating and drinking in an entertainment district and were easily identified by wearing Japan-emblazoned shirts.