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136: Samurai Blues: The J. League, the World Cup and Japan’s place in global soccer


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The Samurai Blue are headed for Qatar to play in this year’s World Cup. This year also marks 20 years since Japan co-hosted the event with South Korea and a lot has happened in this country’s soccer scene since then. 

Sports writer Dan Orlowitz joins the show to catch us up on where Japan stands in the global soccer landscape, the controversies swirling around the host nation of Qatar, and how fandoms here interact with “the beautiful game.”

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Hajime Moriyasu announces Japan squad for World Cup (Dan Orlowitz, The Japan Times)
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Dan Orlowitz: Articles | Twitter
Jason Jenkins: Articles | Twitter

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Photo: Japanese fans sing the national anthem before the start of a World Cup soccer match against Ivory Coast in 2014. | REUTERS/STEFANO RELLANDINI
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