Japan eye friendlies to relaunch World Cup bid (AFP)
Published 4/4/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Japan coach Takeshi Okada has vowed to use friendlies against Ivory Coast and Paraguay next month to rebuild his squad after an ominous 1-0 defeat to Bahrain in a World Cup qualifier last week.
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