"Japan Football Association Investigating Referees Over Alleged Sexual Entertainment"

The Japan Football Association has launched an investigation into allegations that the Korea Football Association provided sexual entertainment to foreign referees and match commissioners in 2011 and 2012.

Kyodo News reported yesterday (August 9) that following news that Japanese referees who officiated past South Korean national team matches allegedly received sexual entertainment from the Korea Football Association, "the Japan Football Association is conducting an investigation into four related referees."

In particular, the controversy is growing as one of the referees under suspicion currently serves as a manager overseeing J. League referees, and the Japan Football Association added that it plans to announce the results as soon as the investigation concludes.
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