{
  "id": 15137064,
  "title": "Japanese media dismiss Moriyasu link to Harimau Malaya post",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/japanese-media-dismiss-moriyasu-link-to-harimau-malaya-post",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T06:32:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2026/10/1557443/japanese-media-dismiss-moriyasu-link-harimau-malaya-post"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Japanese football media outlets have dismissed the possibility of Hajime Moriyasu, the current head coach of the Japanese national team, taking charge of the Malaysian national team, Harimau Malaya. The speculation, which originated from Vietnamese media, suggested that the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) was preparing to pursue Moriyasu for the 2030 World Cup qualifying campaign. However, reports from Japanese media indicate that Moriyasu, who has led Japan for nearly a decade, has little interest in taking charge of another national team, particularly outside the world's leading football nations. Instead, Moriyasu hopes to become the first Japanese coach to manage a European club, with his lifelong ambition post-Asian Cup being to manage a leading club in Japan's J1 League when his contract with the Japan Football Association (JFA) ends on February 28, 2027.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}