Agreement between the Japanese Football Federation (JFA) and the coach of the national football team, Hajime Moriyasu, intending to remain at the helm of the Blue Samurai, one of the revelation teams of the last football World Cup in Qatar.
Although the 54-year-old manager's contract expired at the end of the tournament, Moriyasu said he was willing to continue the cycle after encouraging results at the recent sporting event, with group stage victories over Germany and Spain;
although the failure of the goal to reach the quarterfinals for the first time.
In fact, Japan had to surrender to Croatia on penalties in the round of 16.
Moriyasu is the first Japan coach to be confirmed at the end of a World Cup since 1998, when Japan first participated in the tournament.
Before leading the Japan national team, Moriyasu had won three J-League championships with Sanfrecce Hiroshima and led the youth selection at the Tokyo Olympics, reaching fourth place.