Interview date: May 28, 2026 Interview with Takehiro Tomiyasu 0:00 Q. Returning to the national team for the first time in about 2 years Looking back on practice 0:20 Q. How he felt about being selected for the national team 0:46 Q. Looking back on the time until his return to the national team 1:09 Q. Current condition 1:21 Q. The presence of captain Wataru Endo 1:44 Q. Thoughts on Kaoru Mitoma from the Tokyo Olympics generation 3:03 Q. How do you want to contribute to the Japanese national team? 4:49 Q. What is necessary for the current Japanese national team? 4:49 Q. Enthusiasm for this tournament Interview with Wataru Endo 5:06 Q. Looking back at the first day of the team meeting together 5:19 Q. A large number of supporters watching practice 5:32 Q. Current condition 5:56 Q. What was impressive about the interactions with the players 6:18 Q. Thoughts on Takumi Minamino and Kaoru Mitoma 6:51 Q. Maya Yoshida’s presence 7:09 Q. Influence on the team by the luxurious coaching staff 7:54 Q. Interview with Akira Itakura regarding the opponent Netherlands in the first game of the World Cup 8:15 Q. Looking back on today’s practice 8:46 Q. How did you feel about being selected for the national team 9:08 Q. Current condition 9:26 Q. Thoughts on the players who missed out on the national team due to injury 9:58 Q. What I want to learn from Maya Yoshida 10:31 Q. New rule Throw-in within 5 seconds 10:52 Q. Enthusiasm for this tournament 11:28 Q. What it takes to win “FIFA World Cup 2026” Japan national team’s second group stage match “Tunisia vs. Japan” 6/21 (Sunday) Live broadcast on Nippon TV! All 15 games will be broadcast live on NTV. For details: https://www.ntv.co.jp/soccer/ The broadcast schedule on Nippon Television is as follows. *Japan Time / M○ indicates match number June 14th (Sun) 12:40-15:30 M6 Australia × Turkey June 15th (Mon) 10:40-13:55 M12 Sweden × Tunisia June 19th (Fri) 0:40-3:15 M25 Czech Republic × South Africa * Late night on the 18th (Thursday) June 21st (Sunday) 4:40-7:30 M33 Germany × Ivory Coast June 21st (Sunday) 10:25-16:00 M36 Japan × Tunisia June 24th (Wednesday) 10:40-13:30 M48 Colombia × Democratic Republic of the Congo June 26th (Friday) 10:40-13:55 M59 Turkey × USA June 27th (Saturday) 8:40-11:30 M66 Uruguay × Spain June 27th (Saturday) 11:40-14:30 M64 New Zealand × Belgium *Japan Time / M○ is the match number July 1st (Wednesday) 1:39-4:30 Round 32 M78 Group E 2nd place × Group I 2nd place July 3rd (Friday) 7:40-10:25 Round 32 M83 Group K 2nd place × Group L 2nd place July 4th (Saturday) 6:40-9:25 Round 32 M86 Group J 1st place × Group H 2nd place July 5th (Sunday) 5:40-8:15 Round 16 M89 M74 winner × M77 winner *Subject to change depending on the advancing teams July 7th (Tuesday) 3:40-6:15 Round 16 M93 M83 winner × M84 winner July 15th (Wednesday) 3:40-6:15 M101 Semi-final or July 16th (Thursday) 03:40-06:15 M102 Semi-finals 0:00 Interview with Keito Nakamura 2:18 Interview with Ayumu Seko 5:02 Interview with Yuito Suzuki★NTV NEWS “Sports related articles” https://news.ntv.co.jp/new/sports #Japan Soccer National Team #Takehiro Tomiyasu #Wataru Endo #Kiyoshi Itakura #Maya Yoshida #FIFA World Cup #FIFA World Cup 2026 #World Cup #Soccer ◇ “Nippon TV Sports” YouTube is delivering “must-see information for sports lovers”! Please subscribe to the channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWt0yfrBaUk148rxaOp4b4w/featured ◇Click here for various SNS of “Nippon TV Sports” ▶TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ntv.sports ▶Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ntv_sports_/ ▶X (old Twitter): https://twitter.com/ntv_sports_jp

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