TOKYO — Japan has warned football fans not to attempt to travel to "hostile" North Korea for next week's World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang.
TOKYO — Japan has warned football fans not to attempt to travel to"hostile" North Korea for next week's World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang.Japan fans react at the end of the Qatar 2023 AFC Asian Cup quarter-final football match between Iran and Japan at Education City Stadium in al-Rayyan, west of Doha, on Feb 3, 2024.TOKYO — Japan has warned football fans not to attempt to travel to"hostile" North Korea for next week's World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang.
Japan and North Korea play in Tokyo on Thursday as part of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, before the return fixture next week. Fourteen government officials will however accompany the Japan team for the match as well as a small number of media outlets, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported.
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