why the japan football team wears blue jersey?
458188
because Korea wear red
1010648
Australia will wear their away strip which is blue,, I understand that when when conflicting colours occur the "A" team wear their own colours,, in this case Brazil is the A team that is they were drawn before Australia in the pool
1044075
"Suzuki, why do they have him put Ichiro instead of Suzuki on the back of his jersey?"\n\nIt's very similar to Yao Ming, and why he wears Yao on the back of his jersey, instead of Ming. In the Japanese custom, his name is actually Suzuki Ichiro, just as Yao's name is Ming Yao in the Traditional Chinese custom ways. In English, the names are flipped around, but they represent their countries by wearing their names as they were given at birth.
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Jacksonville Jaguars. Gotta love the Jaguar on the helmet and the colors, the black jerseys are pimp, the white jerseys are sweet, and the teal is real. \n\nArizona Cardinals, the new jerseys are just fly. cant go wrong with white and red, its nothing like the chiefs or 49ers either(with the gold which makes their jerseys pretty ugly), the cardinals got it right. \n\nDetroit Lions, Also some very nice jerseys and great color scheme. Their jerseys make them look better than they really are.
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I think that Japanese soccer still has a long way to go before  they can prove themselves in a world cup environment.  Yes they did draw against Croatia...and they did try hard but there were moments that seemed as if they knew they werent going to get a goal - so they played the game hoping for a draw.\n\nBy the way, Kawaguchi should be given more respect.  I think he was the true leader last night of the team.
1018190
Players usually exchange jerseys at the end of the games as a token of friendship and respect. They keep the jerseys as souvenirs and memoirs. It's a really nice respectful tradition, I alwasy enjoy watching this part after the game is over!
1100268
Japanese players in the MLB are doing quite well!! \n\nIn the Japanese league, the competition is good but not quite as good as MLB. There is a lot of talent!! The Chiba Lotte Marines are looking good again this year.
1088169
Their team did not qualify. They had to beat Japan, Korea. Maybe in 2010.  I don't think football is their main sport in China. Oh, you 23 players, not 11.
1061944
Republic of Korea man. They have 5 guys that scored in the 2002 World Cup and 10 players overall coming back from that tournament including the captain and goalkeeper Woon-Jae Lee. If they play to the best of their ability they can beat both Switzerland and Togo and advance to the Round of 16. If they don't play to the best of their ability, I'd look out for the USA or Japan.
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it all depends on who created the uniform, in this case someone who liked blue color.... anyways the Italian team have been always known as "azzurri" that means blue so i dont think they will change it soon
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Yes.  In fact, Japan team has 50% chance on winning the game.  That's a lot.
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Its tradition when you play against another country at the end of the game you swap shirts with your opposite number-I hope that helps you understand the Beautiful Game like its called.
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Because that is the color of the National Team, blue, called "Azzurri".\nThat is an historical tradition: before the creation of the Italian Republic, the Italian Regal Family (Savoia) had color "azzurro" (kind of blue) in their flag and that color was adopted by the soccer National Team to respect the Regal tradition.\nSince then the color has been kept in the Italian shirt, even though it is not a color present in their National flag.
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Blue is for Japanese Kingdom Color. Same as Dutch wearing the  Orange.
1011965
they are a big source of stigma and scandal for asian football. 2002 debacle in their one-sided match againt the runners-up germany still looms large again in this world cup..they are not made to play football but to drink oil and enjoy themselves.
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because they are not the greatest football team?
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I think it's on an angle.  Other jerseys on the team seem on angle.  I noticed this during Italy's game.