TOKYO –
Japan nationwide soccer workforce coach Hajime Moriyasu, captain Ko Itakura of Ajax, Daizen Maeda of Celtic, Yukinari Sugawara of Bremen and Japan Football Association President Tsuneyasu Miyamoto visited Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Yohei Matsumoto on July 8 following Japan’s marketing campaign on the FIFA World Cup hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Moriyasu and the gamers briefed Matsumoto on the nationwide workforce’s efficiency within the match and expressed their dedication to proceed constructing towards Japan’s long-held purpose of profitable the World Cup.
Moriyasu instructed the minister that he believes the day will come when Japan can turn into the very best workforce on the earth, signaling confidence that the nationwide aspect can maintain narrowing the hole with main soccer nations.
Itakura, who served as captain, joined Maeda and Sugawara on the assembly, whereas Miyamoto represented the Japan Football Association. The go to underscored the position of the nationwide workforce as an emblem of Japan’s sporting ambitions following its look on soccer’s largest stage.
Source: Kyodo