Japan Football Association president Junji Ogura will tell the South American confederation (CONMEBOL) that Japan will likely have to pull out of the Copa America this summer after the March 11 earthquake triggered an overhaul to this season’s J. League fixtures.
Japan has been invited as a guest team to take part in the July 1-24 South American continental championship in Argentina.
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