The Japan Football Association (JFA) is the governing body for association football in Japan, founded in 1921 and headquartered in Bunkyo, Tokyo, overseeing a sport that grew rapidly in domestic popularity following the professional J.League's launch in 1993. It governs the Japanese men's and women's national football teams, the latter a FIFA Women's World Cup winner in 2011, and co-hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup jointly with South Korea.
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The Japan Football Association (JFA, Japanese: 日本サッカー協会, romanized: Nihon Sakkā Kyōkai, lit. 'Japan Soccer Association') is the governing body responsible for the administration of football, futsal, beach soccer, and efootball in Japan.
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The organization was founded in 1921 as the Greater Japan Football Association
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Headquarters: Bunkyo, Tokyo
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the governing body responsible for the administration of football, futsal, beach soccer, and efootball in Japan
Associated With: FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association), Section: History
and became affiliated with FIFA in 1929.
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