[HIGHLIGHTS] Soccer World Cup 2nd qualifying match against North Korea to be held in Pyongyang on March 26th

Soccer World Cup 2nd qualifying match against North Korea to be held in Pyongyang on March 26th. This is the first time in 13 years that the Japanese national team has played a match in North Korea, since the third Asian qualifying round for the World Cup in Brazil in November 2011.

The AFC had dispatched an inspection team to North Korea earlier this month to find out if the match could be held, but on the 11th, the Japan Football Association announced that the AFC had sent Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung'' to North Korean on the 26th of this month.