传统上，日本一直被视为举办大型体育赛事的可靠东道主。然而专家指出，此次饱受组织混乱困扰的亚运会却损害了这一形象，也让外界对日本未来申办大型赛事的能力产生了质疑。
Japan is traditionally seen as a reliable host for major sporting events but an Asian Games dogged by organisational woes has tarnished that image and raised questions over future bids, experts say.
在爱知·名古屋举办的本届亚运会上，各种失误层出不穷：运动员被安排乘坐巴士前往错误的比赛场馆；朝鲜国歌竟被播放给韩国曲棍球队听。此外，此次参赛的运动员及官员人数超过1.7万人，超过了奥运会规模，但住宿床位却严重不足。
The Games in Aichi-Nagoya saw a catalogue of mishaps, from athletes bused to the wrong venues to the North Korean national anthem played for the South Korean hockey team. There were not enough beds for the over 17,000 athletes and officials, a bigger number than the Olympics.
各国代表团纷纷抱怨抵达机场后被困长达六小时；各参赛队也毫不客气地批评当地组委会的工作。韩国体育奥林匹克委员会主席柳承敏直言：“如果打分的话，我会给个F。”日本奥委会主席桥本圣子也承认“确实存在诸多问题”，不过她表示日本仍希望承办更多国际赛事。
Countries complained of being stranded for up to six hours at the airport on arrival, and teams were not shy in criticising the local organisers. Ryu Seung-min, president of the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee, said: “If I were to give them a grade, it would be an F.” Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) president Seiko Hashimoto admitted that “there were many problems”, but said the country wants to host more international events.
专门研究运动心理学的教授新井宏和指出，在一段时间内，日本可能都难以摆脱此次亚运会的负面影响。“如果日本再度申办奥运会，外界对日本的信任度或许会下降，成功申办的难度也会随之增加，”他说，“而在日本国内，民众也可能产生‘既然会出现这类问题，我们其实并不需要奥运会’的想法。”目前，日本民众正为东京奥运会因腐败丑闻及疫情而延期所带来的种种后果而苦恼，许多人也开始质疑举办大型体育赛事的实际价值。
Hirokazu Arai, a professor specialising in sports psychology, said that Japan may struggle to escape the shadow of the Asian Games for some time to come. “If Japan were to bid for the Olympics again, trust in Japan may have fallen and it might be harder to win a bid,” he said. “And within Japan, people may take the view that if these kinds of things are going to happen, we don’t need the Olympics.”Many in Japan have questioned the value of hosting major sporting events as they grapple with the fallout from the corruption-stained and pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics.
2021年，东京奥运会在计划时间推迟一年后才在基本无观众的情况下举行。此次赛事不仅出现了预算超支、腐败问题，还受到新冠疫情的干扰，这些都给民众留下了负面印象。不过，也有不少人称赞日本在极其艰难的环境下仍成功举办了奥运会。正因如此，日本后来因缺乏民众支持而放弃了在北部城市札幌举办冬奥会的计划。
Cost overruns, corruption and Covid all tainted the public’s memory of the Olympics, which took place largely behind closed doors in 2021, a year later than planned. Japan was praised by some, however, for getting the Olympics on in unprecedented circumstances. The country subsequently dropped the idea of hosting the Winter Olympics in the northern city of Sapporo because of a lack of public support.
曾担任东京奥运会组委会主席的桥本圣子表示，札幌申办奥运的计划有可能重新启动。
Hashimoto, who also served as president of the Tokyo Olympics organising committee, has said Sapporo’s bid could be revived.
她称，本届亚运会“再次坚定了我对在本国举办国际体育赛事价值的信心”。
She said the Asian Games had “reaffirmed my belief in the value of hosting international sporting events in our country”.
“我们也因面临诸多挑战而遭到了严厉批评——这一点我心知肚明，”她说道。
“We also received harsh criticism because of the challenges we faced – I am fully aware of that,” she said.
“这些都属于赛事过程中不可避免的问题，但我们必须认真分析并加以解决，以便在未来的申办中避免重蹈覆辙。”
“This is all part of the Games, but we need to analyse those issues so we can tackle them for the next future opportunity.”
本届亚运会筹备期间，原本预计参赛的运动员和官员人数又增加了约2000人，给组委会带来了巨大压力。
Asian Games organisers were presented with a headache when the number of athletes and officials that were initially expected ballooned by about 2,000.
为节省开支，本届赛事并未像以往那样设立传统的运动员村。参赛人员分别被安排住在游轮上、酒店房间以及临时搭建的木制小屋中。
Unlike at past Games, there was no traditional athletes’ village in a bid to save money. Participants instead stayed on a cruise ship, in hotel rooms and in temporary wooden huts.
部分代表团对这些木制住宿设施颇有怨言，称其空间过于狭窄，床铺长度也不够。
Some teams complained about the wooden units, saying they were too cramped and the beds were too short.
在经历了一段波折的筹备期后，组委会原本希望赛事正式开始后，外界的注意力能转向比赛本身。然而问题依旧不断：交通与住宿安排混乱，国歌与国旗也屡屡出现错配情况。
After a troubled build-up, organisers hoped the attention would switch to sport when the action got under way. But still the problems continued, with transport and accommodation difficulties and further mix-ups with anthems and flags.
一位泰国官员形容赛事组织状况为“混乱不堪”，还打趣道：“简直就像抢椅子游戏。”
“It’s like musical chairs,” a Thai official said, adding that organisation at the Games had been “chaotic”.
名古屋市长就赛事期间给运动员带来的“种种不便”表示歉意，并称组委会会“认真反思此次出现的种种失误”。
Nagoya’s mayor apologised to athletes for “inconveniences”, saying organisers would “sincerely reflect on the mishandling that occurred”.
开幕式上便出现了数千个空座位，此后部分赛事现场观众也寥寥无几。组委会将此归咎于恶劣天气。
There were sparse crowds at some events, starting with thousands of empty seats at the opening ceremony. Organisers blamed the bad weather.
新井认为，本届亚运损害了日本作为“值得信赖的赛事举办地”的国际声誉。
Arai believes the Games have damaged Japan’s international reputation as a safe pair of hands.
“上一届亚运会在中国举办，想必有不少运动员是带着‘日本能办出比中国更好的赛事’的期待前来的。但如今看来，情况似乎并非如此，”新井说道。他还指出，自东京奥运会后逐渐平息的民众不满情绪，如今有可能再度爆发。“日本体育界的高层正试图再次将奥运会申办到日本，”他说。
“The previous Games were in China, and I’m sure there were athletes who came here expecting Japan to put on a better event than China,” he said. “But I don’t think you can say that’s how it’s turned out.”Arai says anger that had faded in the years since the Tokyo Olympics could flare up again. “The people at the top of Japan’s sporting world are moving towards trying to bring the Olympics here again,” he said.
“从他们的角度来看，或许觉得外界的批评声已经有所平息，但当前的局势却有可能让这些批评再度加剧。”法新社报道
“From their perspective, they may have felt that criticism had started to die down, but this situation could cause that criticism to intensify again.”