[OLYMPIC SPOTLIGHT] Japan’s women’s national team won’t return home with gold, but they will return home in business class. New Japan Football Associationpresident Kuniya Daini confirmed the women — relegated to economy class while the Japanese men’s national team flew in business class en route from Tokyo toParis — would be upgraded to business class on their return flight.
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