Regarding the various protests against human rights issues in Qatar, the venue for the soccer World Cup that started on the 20th, Kozo Tashima, the president of the Japan Football Association, said, "I'm talking about various things other than soccer now. I don't like that,' he said.
During the football World Cup, which opened in Qatar on the 20th, European teams participating in the tournament criticized the treatment of sexual minorities in Qatar.
Regarding this, Japan Football Association President Tashima, who visited the Japan national team's training ground on the 22nd, said, "I don't think it's good to talk about things other than football at this stage."
On top of that, he said, "I want to focus on football, and of course I want to take discrimination and human rights issues in a good direction as an association, but I think it's time to concentrate on soccer as an association. I want other teams to do the same."