NAGOYA, Japan — With more than 15,000 athletes and officials bringing a 16-day run to an end on Sunday, the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games came under scrutiny over operational problems, including issues involving accommodations and transportation. Before the opening of the quadrennial continental multisport event on Sept. 19, concerns over accommodation shortages and worse-than-expected lodging for athletes were raised. As part of their cost-cutting and eco-friendly policies, organizers of the Asian Games did not build a dedicated athletes' village for this year's competition, instead providing accommodations on a cruise ship and in temporary container units, as well as hotels, for about 15,000 athletes and officials from 45 nations. Under the accommodation plan, some 9,000 athletes were to stay in hotels, while 4,000 were to be housed on the cruise ship and 2,000 in a complex of wooden container units. Among the roughly 1,000 members of the South Korean delegation, athletes from five sports, including men's basketball, ju-jitsu and cycling, were assigned to stay in the container villag