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Japanese football official sentenced for viewing child abuse images on plane

Japan Football Association terminates Masanaga Kageyama after he was found guilty of watching indecent images of children on a plane

The Independent UK

'I Didn't Know It Was Illegal': Japanese Football Official Caught Watching Child Porn in Business Class, Jailed in France

Japanese football official Masanaga Kageyama has been convicted in France for watching child pornography mid-flight, sparking outrage and renewed scrutiny over safeguarding standards in international sport.

International Business Times UK

Japan Wants To Host 2031 World Cup To Fire Up Women's Football

Japan wants to host the Women's World Cup in 2031 to ignite the domestic game and cut the gap on Europe and North America, the country's football chief told AFP. In 2011 Japan won the competition but they have since been overtaken, with women's football booming in Europe in recent…

International Business Times

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“Everybody hated punks in the 80s. It made it cool. It weeded people out”: how skate punk changed metal forever in the 1980s

Thanks to Suicidal Tendencies, JFA, Dr Know and more, skate punk was the fastest, most violent sound of the early 80s

Metal Hammer

The case for sports sanctions against Israel

Both Fifa and the IOC have avoided statements denouncing the Israel-Gaza war and the ensuing humanitarian crisis, a decision in stark contrast to their handling of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - US

In Chennai, a market that has stood on sturdier legs

With the market getting crowded and the competition coming not only from other patches of the metro, but also the Internet, these shopkeepers are forced to plan their spends judiciously; furniture shops on Royapettah High Road would love to set the clock back

The Hindu

Moriyasu to stay on as Samurai Blue manager

Hajime Moriyasu, who led the national soccer team to its second consecutive top-16 World Cup finish in Qatar, will continue in the role, the Japan Football Association (JFA) announced Wednesday.

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Japan 'sounded out' about hosting 2023 Asian Cup

TOKYO: The Japan Football Association (JFA) has been informally approached about the possibility of replacing China as hosts of next year's Asian Cup, chairman Kozo Tashima told Nikkan Sports.

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