Today at 2pm, the appointment press conference
After Wednesday's board meeting approved and formally announced the deal, Moriyasu, president Tsuneyasu Miyamoto and technical director Masakuni Yamamoto hold a joint appointment press conference in Tokyo at 2pm today. It is the first time Moriyasu will speak publicly since his stay became official, and his own words on what he wants from this short cycle are the day's main event. Moriyasu has led the side since 2018, and this makes him the first to take a third straight cycle.
Only to the Asian Cup, then Oiwa
The term is unusual: it runs only through the Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia from 7 January to 5 February next year, not to the 2030 World Cup. After that, Go Oiwa, who leads the U-21s, takes over, doubling up for now with the side chasing the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The short, fixed length drew questions online — 'why only to the Asian Cup?' — so how the JFA explains the plan today matters.
Overseas, FIFA's brawl probe rolls on
With no fixtures left, the one thing still moving on the world side is FIFA's disciplinary case from the final. A prosecutor has been appointed and the review continues; Paredes' 'dismissal' was an official-record error that was deleted, so there is no automatic ban, and no sanctions have been confirmed. Europe's summer transfer market is the next thing to watch for Japan's overseas players. The Asian Cup is Japan's next shot at silverware, and this decision is the starting gun for the build-up to it.
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