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Japan Soccer Federation’s ’47-year-old former player’ is its new head

Japan, Asia’s soccer powerhouse, has made yet another transition. “National team captain and former J-League player Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (47, pictured) was officially inaugurated as the 15th president of the Japan Football Association,” Kyodo News and Nikkan Sports reported on March 23. Miyamoto, who served as the federation’s executive director, was selected as the candidate to …