[HIGHLIGHTS] Tsuneyasu Miyamoto is appointed as the new president of the Japan Football Association at the age of 47, making him the youngest postwar president.

Tsuneyasu Miyamoto is appointed as the new president of the Japan Football Association. At the age of 47, he is the youngest person to be appointed after the war.

During his playing days, he played for Gamba Osaka and other teams, and represented Japan in two consecutive World Cups. Nahomi Kawasumi, who contributed to Japan's first victory at the 2011 World Cup in Germany as a member of Japan's women's national team Nadeshiko Japan, will become the first active female soccer player to become a board member.