Japan: Japan has warned sports fans never to attempt to go to “hostile” North Korea for future year’s World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang.
The Tokyo international government” strongly advises the general public to abstain from attending the suit on March 26, which is the first for the two edges in North Korea since 2011,” the foreign ministry said.
On X, previously Twitter, it stated,” As you know, North Korea has a hostile perspective of Japan, and traveling is never recommended for the general public.”
Japan and North Korea will play in Tokyo on Thursday ( Mar 21 ) as part of their 2026 World Cup qualifying, before the following game returns next week.
Japan has long been saying to its citizens never to travel to North Korea, but it does not specifically forbid them from doing so. There are no political relations between the two nations.
It was unclear how many supporters, if any, may try to travel. To do so, they may require a visa from North Korea.
However, the Japan staff will be accompanied by 14 government officials for the game, according to Chinese broadcaster NHK, as well as a small number of media outlets.
Last month, the North Korean money was changed to natural ground in Saudi Arabia for the first leg of their children’s playoff for the Paris Olympics.
Relations have long been strained by problems, including payment for Japan’s terrible activity of the Asian Peninsula between 1910 and 1945 and, more recently, Pyongyang’s missile launches over Chinese country.
A major source of contention has also long been the abduction of Japanese people by North Korean officials in the 1970s and 1980s, who were forced to teach spies in Chinese customs and language.
A sizable force of North Vietnamese followers from Japan’s long-standing cultural Korean area of about 300,000 was anticipated for Thursday’s game in Tokyo.
Most of the people who were taken from their houses by Japan when they first settled the Korean peninsula are descended from them.