Please read the following table in Markdown format and then answer the question according to the table. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | Report |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Chelyabinsk, Russia | 18 November | Pekka Koskela\n Finland | 35.00 | Jan Smeekens\n Netherlands | 35.01 | Yūya Oikawa\n Japan | 35.07 | [1] |
| 1 | Chelyabinsk, Russia | 19 November | Joji Kato\n Japan | 34.92 | Mo Tae-bum\n South Korea | 35.01 | Yūya Oikawa\n Japan | 35.14 | [2] |
| 2 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 25 November | Mo Tae-bum\n South Korea | 34.89 | Tucker Fredricks\n United States | 34.94 | Stefan Groothuis\n Netherlands | 35.01 | [3] |
| 2 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 26 November | Jan Smeekens\n Netherlands | 35.05 | Mo Tae-bum\n South Korea | 35.06 | Tucker Fredricks\n United States | 35.19 | [4] |
| 3 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 2 December | Tucker Fredricks\n United States | 34.98 | Joji Kato\n Japan | 35.07 | Mo Tae-bum\n South Korea | 35.08 | [5] |
| 3 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 3 December | Pekka Koskela\n Finland | 35.01 | Joji Kato\n Japan | 35.02 | Jesper Hospes\n Netherlands | 35.06 | [6] |
| 4 | Salt Lake City, United States | 21 January | Keiichiro Nagashima\n Japan | 34.37 | Jan Smeekens\n Netherlands | 34.40 | Tucker Fredricks\n United States | 34.45 | [7] |
| 4 | Salt Lake City, United States | 22 January | Dmitry Lobkov\n Russia | 34.54 | Keiichiro Nagashima\n Japan | 34.57 | Tucker Fredricks\n United States | 34.60 | [8] |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 2 March | Dmitry Lobkov\n Russia | 35.11 | Hein Otterspeer\n Netherlands | 35.14 | Keiichiro Nagashima\n Japan | 35.20 | [9] |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 3 March | Tucker Fredricks\n United States | 35.05 | Michel Mulder\n Netherlands | 35.12 | Joji Kato\n Japan | 35.16 | [10] |
| 7 | Berlin, Germany | 9 March | Jamie Gregg\n Canada | 35.06 | Pekka Koskela\n Finland | 35.07 | Mo Tae-bum\n South Korea | 35.17 | [11] |
| 7 | Berlin, Germany | 10 March | Michel Mulder\n Netherlands | 35.01 | Mo Tae-bum\n South Korea | 35.04 | Jan Smeekens\n Netherlands | 35.08 | [12] |
Question:
how many gold medalists were from japan?
Answer:
2