Kozo Tajima, president of the Japan Football Association, held a press conference on the 23rd to announce his resignation regarding the match between Japan and North Korea in the second round of the Asian qualifiers for the Men's World Cup, which was canceled on March 26th. He acknowledged that it would be difficult to schedule a new match considering the schedule for the next qualifying round.
On the 22nd, 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.
The future decision will be left to the relevant committees of FIFA, the International Federation of Football Associations, and the latest information will be announced as soon as it is decided.
Japan Association President Tajima touched on this at his retirement press conference on the 23rd, saying, ``We can't schedule any more games. We have two games in June, and we can't play one more before then.'' , expressed the recognition that it would be difficult to schedule a new match considering the schedule for the upcoming second round.
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 scheduled for March. .