Basketball players apologize for sex scandal in Asian Games
(L to R) Basketball players Yuya Nagayoshi, Takuya Hashimoto, Japan Basketball Association chief Yuko Mitsuya, Tomoya Higashino, Takuma Sato and Keita The four Japanese basketball players apologized during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan after the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) expelled them from the national team participating in the Asian Games for paying for the services of The players were stripped of their team membership on Sunday and ordered back to Japan after it became clear that they had paid for sex. The players were stripped of their team membership on Sunday and ordered back to Japan after it became clear that they had paid for sex on Thursday following their first match of the Games.