Japan successfully defended their women’s Asian Games soccer gold medal as second-half goals from Haruka Osawa, Momoko Tanikawa and Remina Chiba sealed a 4-1 win over North Korea.
Despite being loudly backed by the majority of the 36,166 crowd, the North Koreans succumbed in six minutes midway through the second half as the Japanese claimed their third Asian Games title in the last four editions.
Japan closed out the game in the 72nd minute as Chiba bore down on goal after being released from deep to lash her shot over Kim and spark Japanese celebrations. Hosts China earlier thrashed Uzbekistan 7-0 in the bronze medal decider.