Kozo Tajima, president of the Japan Football Association, held a press conference on the 23rd to announce his resignation. Tajima acknowledged that it would be difficult to schedule a new match considering the schedule for the next qualifying round.
The Asian Football Confederation announced again that the match, which was scheduled for the 26th in Pyongyang, North Korea, could not be held as scheduled due to unforeseen circumstances. Japan, who is in "Group B" in the World Cup Asian 2nd qualifying round, will play Myanmar on June 6th and Syria on June 11th after the match against North Korea.