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Doha: Only 14 players from the 26 that featured in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 remain in Japan's AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 squad but Hajime Moriyasu is confident that a record-extending fifth title is within reach.

Japan head coach Moriyasu admits that he still has lingering fustration from missing out in UAE 2019, with Qatar denying them in the final.

Missing from Japan's squad are some big names but Moriyasu said he has "assembled the best members to win", with the Samurai Blue last having lifted the AFC Asian Cup trophy in 2011. .....

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