The client of Chinanews.com, June 23, the evening of Beijing time on the 22nd, the Japanese Football Association issued an announcement that it will withdraw from the bid for the 2023 Women's World Cup.
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The president of the Japan Football Association, Kojima Tajima, said in a statement: "After careful and comprehensive consideration, the bid committee and the Japan Football Association Executive Committee decided to withdraw from this bid."
As the Vice-Chairman of the Japanese Olympic Committee, Tajima Kosuke said in a statement that the new crown epidemic has hit the world’s football community a lot, but Japan will continue to provide support to financially affected clubs to return football to normal as soon as possible.
Earlier, the Brazilian Football Association had announced that it would abandon the bid to host the 2023 Women's World Cup, so currently only Australia, New Zealand, and Colombia, the independent bidder, are left. According to reports, at the FIFA conference on the 25th, the final host country will be announced. (Finish)