Led by the gold medal-winning feat of the world's No. 1-ranked female doubles pair, Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo, the Japan badminton squad achieved real success in last month's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and it's helped boost the popularity of the sport here.
Overall, Japan's men and women captured two medals and had three fifth-place finishes in Brazil.
The players who competed in the Olympics are certainly delighted about the results.
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