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Prelim round for 2018 soccer World Cup to start in June

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniya Daini (C), president of the Japan Football Association, and other senior JFA officials pose in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2014, on the occasion of the association's announcement that the elimination round for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia will start in June.

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Future uncertain for scandal-hit Japan coach Aguirre

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015. Daini said the association would explain how it would deal with an alleged match-fixing scandal involving Japan coach Javier Aguirre after the ongoing Asian Cup in Australia, which ends on Jan. 31.

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Future uncertain for scandal-hit Japan coach Aguirre

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini (R) speaks about an alleged match-fixing scandal involving Japan coach Javier Aguirre at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015. Daini said the association would explain how it would deal with the matter after the ongoing Asian Cup in Australia, which ends on Jan. 31.

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Japan soccer chief returns Asian Cup before 2015 tourney

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japan Football Association head Kuniya Daini (R) shakes hands with Asian Football Confederation chief Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa after returning the trophy at an opening ceremony for the Asian Cup 2015 tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 9, 2015.

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Japan keep coach Aguirre for Asian Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Hara (L), general secretary of the Japan Football Association, and JFA President Kuniya Daini attend a JAF executive meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2014. The JFA decided that national team coach Javier Aguirre would remain in charge for the Jan. 9-31 Asian Cup despite his alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal in Spain.

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Top JFA officials watch RoboCup-winning soccer robot

CHIBA, Japan - Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini (R) and supreme adviser Saburo Kawabuchi pose with a soccer robot in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2014. The Chiba Institute of Technology's humanoid robot team won this year's RoboCup world soccer event in Brazil.

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Japan to bid for host of 2020 Futsal World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Governor Hideaki Omura (R) of Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, submits a proposal to host the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup to Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Japan, Iran soccer associations ink cooperation accord

TEHRAN, Iran - Kuniya Daini (L), president of the Japan Football Association, and his Iranian counterpart Ali Kafashian exchange documents signed by them in Tehran on Aug. 12, 2014, to promote cooperation between the two bodies.

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Japan, Iran soccer associations to promote cooperation

TEHRAN, Iran - Kuniya Daini (L), president of the Japan Football Association, and his Iranian counterpart Ali Kafashian exchange the uniforms of each other's national team, with their names displayed on them, in Tehran on Aug. 12, 2014, after signing an agreement to promote cooperation between the two bodies.

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New Japan national soccer coach Aguirre meets press

TOKYO, Japan - New coach Javier Aguirre (C) of Japan's national soccer team, a former Mexico manager, poses with Japan Football Association Chairman Kuniya Daini (R) and JFA technical director Hiromi Hara at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2014.

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Japanese soccer leader gets gala welcome in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Kuniya Daini (C), president of the Japan Football Association, attends a welcome ceremony featuring samba dancing at the Japanese consulate general's official residence in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 10, 2014, ahead of the start of the FIFA World Cup finals on June 12.

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Aichi Pref. seeks to host 2020 futsal world cup

TOKYO, Japan - Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura (C) hands Kuniya Daini (L), president of the Japan Football Association, in Tokyo on April 9, 2014, a request to invite the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup to the prefecture. Standing at right is Noboru Suzuki, chairman of the Aichi Football Association.

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Pele attends World Cup sponsor's press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Soccer legend Pele (L) smiles as he holds a photo of his younger self during a press conference in Tokyo organized on March 13, 2014, by Swiss luxury watch maker Hublot, the official timekeeper of the forthcoming 2014 World Cup soccer finals in Brazil. On the right is Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini.

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Daini appointed as new JFA president

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniya Daini speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 24, 2012. The Japan Football Association executive committee the same day announced the promotion of Daini to president from vice president.

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Japan loses 2022 World Cup bid

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association vice president Kuniya Daini (R) bows in the early hours of Dec. 3, 2010, in Tokyo after Japan lost its bid to host the 2022 World Cup. FIFA awarded the hosting rights for the 2022 tournament to Qatar.

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Japan loses 2022 World Cup bid

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association vice president Kuniya Daini (C) and other people involved in soccer react in Tokyo as they found that Japan lost its bid to host the 2022 World Cup in the early hours of Dec. 3, 2010. FIFA awarded the hosting rights for the 2022 tournament to Qatar.

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Zaccheroni ready to brandish sword

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan national team's new coach Alberto Zaccheroni (C) poses for photos holding up the team uniform with Japan Football Association Vice President Kuniya Daini (R) and JFA technical director Hiromi Hara during a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2010. The Italian said he expects a top-three finish from his team at the Asian Cup in January.

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Zaccheroni to coach Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association Vice President Kuniya Daini announces in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2010, that former Juventus and AC Milan coach Alberto Zaccheroni has been named to manage the Japan national team, the first Italian to accept the job.

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Japan coach Aguirre fired

Kuniya Daini, president of the Japan Football Association, announces at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2015, that Japan coach Javier Aguirre has been sacked for his alleged involvement in a 2011 match-fixing scandal in Spain. "The biggest mission is for Japan to reach the World Cup. We came to the conclusion that it was necessary to eliminate risks for the qualifiers," Daini said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan coach Aguirre fired

Kuniya Daini, president of the Japan Football Association, announces at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2015, that Japan coach Javier Aguirre has been sacked for his alleged involvement in a 2011 match-fixing scandal in Spain. "The biggest mission is for Japan to reach the World Cup. We came to the conclusion that it was necessary to eliminate risks for the qualifiers," Daini said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FIFA executive committee member Tashima elected new JFA President

Kozo Tashima, vice president of the Japan Football Association, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2016, after being elected as the next JFA president. Tashima, a member of the FIFA executive committee, will formally take office on March 27, when he replaces Kuniya Daini for a two-year term. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JFA unveils emblem of Club World Cup Japan 2015

Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini on Aug. 24, 2015, in Tokyo unveils the official emblem of the Club World Cup to be held in Japan in December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JFA chief speaks on details of 95th Emperor's Cup

Kuniya Daini (C), president of the Japan Football Association, strikes a pose in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2015, at a press conference on details of the 95th Emperor's Cup All Japan Football Championship set for a four-month run culminating in the Jan. 1 final in 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's soccer chief calls for 80,000-capacity Olympic stadium

Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo (L) receives a written request from Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini on July 28, 2015, in Tokyo. Daini stated that the main stadium for the 2020 Olympics should accommodate 80,000 people, following the government's scrapping of the initial construction plan due to soaring costs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's soccer chief calls for 80,000-capacity Olympic stadium

Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini (C) speaks to the press after his talks with Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo in Tokyo on July 28, 2015. Daini handed in a written request stating that the main stadium for the 2020 Olympics should accommodate 80,000 people, following the government's scrapping of the initial construction plan due to soaring costs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Pref. selects J-Village revival supporters

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (2nd from R) poses for photos with Norio Sasaki (far R), the coach of the Japanese women's football team Nadeshiko Japan, Japan Football Association Vice President Kozo Tashima (far L), and JFA President Kuniya Daini (2nd from L), in Fukushima City on July 22, 2015. The three were selected to take up the post of "reconstruction supporter" for the J-Village football facility in Naraha town in the northeastern Japanese prefecture. J-Village has been serving as the base camp for plant workers since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nadeshiko Japan train for World Cup

Members of women's soccer world champions Japan listen to Kuniya Daini (C in white), president of the Japan Football Association, before training in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, on May 31, 2015. Nadeshiko will open their World Cup title defense in Canada on June 8 against Switzerland. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Japan men's national soccer team coach Halilhodzic

(From L) Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini, Vahid Halilhodzic, the new coach of the Japan men's national soccer team, and JFA technical director Masahiro Shimoda pose for a photo during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 13, 2015, after Halilhodzic arrived from France earlier in the day. Halilhodzic, the eighth foreigner to coach Japan, succeeded Javier Aguirre, who was sacked the previous month after being named as a defendant in a criminal complaint for match-fixing in Spain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JFA president gets off with slap on wrist for Aguirre scandal

Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2015, after the JFA's executive board meeting. Daini volunteered to take a 50 percent pay cut for four months for sacking national coach Javier Aguirre, who was implicated in a match-fixing scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JFA chief confirms Aguirre will stay on as Japan coach

Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini speaks to reporters at Australia's Sydney airport on Jan. 24, 2015, before flying back to Japan. Daini confirmed that Javier Aguirre will stay on as coach of the national team, a day after the defending champions were knocked out of the Asian Cup in the quarterfinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JICA joins hands with J-League, JFA for int'l contributions

(From L) J-League Chairman Mitsuru Murai, Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka, Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini, and former Japan national team member Tsuyoshi Kitazawa pose for photos after the three organizations concluded a partnership agreement to enhance international cooperation through football in developing countries at the JFA House in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED Zaccheroni to coach Japan

TOKYO, Japan - CORRECTING NAME Japan Football Association Vice President Kuniya Daini announces in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2010, that former Juventus and AC Milan coach Alberto Zaccheroni has been named to manage the Japan national team, the first Italian to accept the job. (Kyodo)

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Zaccheroni ready to brandish sword

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan national team's new coach Alberto Zaccheroni (C) poses for photos holding up the team uniform with Japan Football Association Vice President Kuniya Daini (R) and JFA technical director Hiromi Hara during a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2010. The Italian said he expects a top-three finish from his team at the Asian Cup in January. (Kyodo)

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Zaccheroni to coach Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association Vice President Daini Kuniya announces in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2010, that former Juventus and AC Milan coach Alberto Zaccheroni has been named to manage the Japan national team, the first Italian to accept the job. (Kyodo)

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Future uncertain for scandal-hit Japan coach Aguirre

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini (R) speaks about an alleged match-fixing scandal involving Japan coach Javier Aguirre at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015. Daini said the association would explain how it would deal with the matter after the ongoing Asian Cup in Australia, which ends on Jan. 31. (Kyodo)

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Future uncertain for scandal-hit Japan coach Aguirre

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015. Daini said the association would explain how it would deal with an alleged match-fixing scandal involving Japan coach Javier Aguirre after the ongoing Asian Cup in Australia, which ends on Jan. 31. (Kyodo)

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Japan soccer chief returns Asian Cup before 2015 tourney

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japan Football Association head Kuniya Daini (R) shakes hands with Asian Football Confederation chief Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa after returning the trophy at an opening ceremony for the Asian Cup 2015 tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 9, 2015. (Kyodo)

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Japan keep coach Aguirre for Asian Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Hara (L), general secretary of the Japan Football Association, and JFA President Kuniya Daini attend a JAF executive meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2014. The JFA decided that national team coach Javier Aguirre would remain in charge for the Jan. 9-31 Asian Cup despite his alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal in Spain. (Kyodo)

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Top JFA officials watch RoboCup-winning soccer robot

CHIBA, Japan - Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini (R) and supreme adviser Saburo Kawabuchi pose with a soccer robot in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2014. The Chiba Institute of Technology's humanoid robot team won this year's RoboCup world soccer event in Brazil. (Kyodo)

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Japan to bid for host of 2020 Futsal World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Governor Hideaki Omura (R) of Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, submits a proposal to host the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup to Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Iran soccer associations ink cooperation accord

TEHRAN, Iran - Kuniya Daini (L), president of the Japan Football Association, and his Iranian counterpart Ali Kafashian exchange documents signed by them in Tehran on Aug. 12, 2014, to promote cooperation between the two bodies. (Kyodo)

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New Japan national soccer coach Aguirre meets press

TOKYO, Japan - New coach Javier Aguirre (C) of Japan's national soccer team, a former Mexico manager, poses with Japan Football Association Chairman Kuniya Daini (R) and JFA technical director Hiromi Hara at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Japanese soccer leader gets gala welcome in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Kuniya Daini (C), president of the Japan Football Association, attends a welcome ceremony featuring samba dancing at the Japanese consulate general's official residence in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 10, 2014, ahead of the start of the FIFA World Cup finals on June 12. (Kyodo)

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Japan loses 2022 World Cup bid

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association vice president Kuniya Daini (R) bows in the early hours of Dec. 3, 2010, in Tokyo after Japan lost its bid to host the 2022 World Cup. FIFA awarded the hosting rights for the 2022 tournament to Qatar. (Kyodo)

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Japan loses 2022 World Cup bid

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association vice president Kuniya Daini (C) and other people involved in soccer react in Tokyo as they found that Japan lost its bid to host the 2022 World Cup in the early hours of Dec. 3, 2010. FIFA awarded the hosting rights for the 2022 tournament to Qatar. (Kyodo)