In Japan, the Olympic and Paralympics are also known as the ƽºÍ¤Î ¼Àµä (Heiwa no Saiten, Festival of Peace). The first installment of this year¡¯s Heiwa no Saiten came to a peaceful conclusion on Feb. 25, with the Japanese delegation returning home from South Korea on Feb. 26.
Japan¡¯s Olympians received a rapturous welcome after their triumph at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Games, with the country caught up in a ×£ÙR¥à©`¥É (shukuga m¨±do, celebratory mood) after Team Japan amassed 13 medals, its best ever Winter Games medal haul ¡ª even topping the 10 earned at Nagano in 1998.
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