Olympics-Soccer-Japanese lead Asian challenge with eyes on podium


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - International Friendly - Japan v Serbia - Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, Japan - June 11, 2021 Japan's coach Hajime Moriyasu after the match REUTERS/Issei Kato

(Reuters) - Fifty-three years since winning their first and so far only Olympic medal, Japan's male footballers have their sights set on making history on home soil under Hajime Moriyasu.

Kunishige Kamamoto's brace in 1968 famously earned Japan a bronze with victory over hosts Mexico, but since then there have been near misses and no medals.

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