Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu hopes his side's World Cup exploits will inspire other Asian countries after AFP footage showed Chinese football fans celebrating the success of their traditional rivals.

Despite deep-seated historical animosity and rising political tensions between Beijing and Tokyo, a passionate community of Chinese football fans is publicly rallying behind Japan…

Hajime Moriyasu also says that making the last 32 at the tournament is good for Asia and ‘proof in the growth of Japanese football’.