Japan's players line up before the start of the World Cup 2026 qualifier football match between Japan and North Korea at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Mar 21, 2024. KUALA LUMPUR: North Korea's home World Cup qualifier against Japan was called off on Friday , the Asian Football Confederation said, hours after announcing it would be
The match in Pyongyang would have been the first game in North Korea for Japan's men's team since 2011 and a rare international football match in isolated North Korea. North Korean officials the same day told their Japanese counterparts that they could not play host, without saying why. "As you know, North Korea takes a hostile view of Japan and travel is not recommended for the general public," it said on X, formerly Twitter.
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