The Japanese Prime Minister called the victory of the national team over Spain at the World Cup historical
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called the victory of the Japanese national team over Spain historic and admitted that he watched the match from the middle of the first half. The match started at 4 a.m. Tokyo time.
The players of the Japanese national team beat the Spanish team in the match of the third round of the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar with a score of 2:1.
"I also started watching from early in the morning, and I am heartily glad of this historic victory. I personally called the coach of the national team Moriyasu, expressed my joy to him and thanked him for the fact that (the national team) gave the Japanese people courage and cheerfulness. I hope that both the coach and the whole team will continue to make efforts in the next matches," Kishida said at a briefing in the office of the NHK TV channel.
In the match with Spain, Japan won the second sensational victory in this championship, after defeating the German national team. Now Japan will play with the Croatian national team.
Despite the time of the match, 16.9% of viewers watched the broadcast in Japan. Cheering crowds of fans in the predawn hour filled the famous X-shaped intersection in Tokyo's Shibuya district.
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