The North Korean flag is seen during the 19th Asian Games gold medal match between Japan and North Korea’s women’s soccer teams at Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 6, 2023.
s two rival nations face off against each other to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, one government is trying its best to keep its own fans away.released by Japan’s foreign ministry told Japanese soccer-watchers to refrain from traveling to see the qualifier against North Korea, scheduled for March 26 at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang, “as part of measures against North Korea.”
on Tuesday, having been granted exceptions to enter the country despite Japan’s ban on North Korean visitors that was. There are expected to be some supporters for the North Korean team at the match in Tokyo in the form of Japan’s ethnic Korean community.