Games Year Host city Best nation I 1951 New Delhi, India Japan II 1954 Manila, Philippines Japan III 1958 Tokyo, Japan Japan IV 1962 Jakarta, Indonesia Japan V 1966 Bangkok, Thailand Japan VI 1970 Bangkok, Thailand Japan VII 1974 Tehran, Iran Japan VIII 1978 Bangkok, Thailand China IX 1982 New Delhi, India Japan X 1986 Seoul, South Korea China XI 1990 Beijing, China China XII 1994 Hiroshima, Japan China XIII 1998 Bangkok, Thailand China XIV 2002 Busan, South Korea China XV 2006 Doha, Qatar China XVI 2010 Guangzhou, China China XVII 2014 Incheon, South Korea China XVIII 2018 Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia China