2011年12月6日火曜日

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FIFA asked N.Korea to admit more visitors

Soccer’s world organizing body (FIFA) has written to North Korean soccer officials asking them to relax the limit on the number of Japanese media it has allowed to cover the national teams world cup qualifier against North Korea in Pyongyang on Nov.15, the Japan Football Association said.
The JFA on Saturday quoted the written request from the world soccer’s governing body as saying that the third round of world cup qualifiers is important and a game between the two countries that played at the 2010 World Cup was bound to generate a lot of media interest.
The request also said FIFA appealed to the North Korean soccer association to take extra measures for media covering national team games regularly, and hopes those measures match FIFA’s standards.
JFA general secretary Kozo Tadashima last week said North Korea was only allowing less than half the number of Japanese journalists the association had requested.
The Japanese government is allowing supporters of the national team, along with accompanying press to visit Pyongyang to watch the match, an exceptional measure being taken by Japan, which has asked its nationals to refrain from visiting North Korea as part of sanctions imposed following North Korea’s missile launch in July 2006.

The Daily Yomiuri November 7, 2011(front page)

I watched the actual game on TV. I was so surprised to see all the north korean supporters. They were too organized. also i thought the Japanese people who went to the studium are crazy too. they all came back ok, but obviously it it not really safe there wearing Japanese team costume. I guess it was good to lost that game to save these people's lives.

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