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in the world cup qualifiers, the chinese national football team will play against the japanese team away. this is a key match in the top 18 and also the opening match of the chinese national football team. before this game, the japanese media "yahoo sports" reported an interesting thing, that is, the japanese football association plans to change the logo of the football association because the image of the three-legged crow on it actually comes from ancient chinese books.

the japanese football association's logo features a three-legged crow, which is regarded as a sacred bird in japan. according to japanese media, the bird's name is yatagarasu, and the japanese people's respect for the three-legged crow can be traced back to the reign of emperor jimmu. according to japanese history books, during the emperor jimmu's eastern expedition, a three-legged crow once gave him guidance and helped him ascend the throne. before the japanese team participates in major competitions such as the olympics and the world cup, the japanese team often goes to the yatagarasu ruins to pray.

saburo kawabuchi, an advisor to the japan football association, has repeatedly stated that "the symbol of the japan football association is the yatagarasu." the three-legged crow is also used as the emblem of the japanese national team and is said to be a symbol of leading the japanese team to victory like emperor jimmu.

however, japanese scholars found that in the "hundred years of history of the japan football association" published last year, the "kojiki" and "nihonshoki" did not mention the yatagarasu three-legged horse, and the earliest mention was in the western han dynasty philosophical work "huainanzi". therefore, the japan football association believes that their logo should have originated in china, not japan, which makes them feel a little confused.

hinako, who originally created the japan football association logo, also realized this and concluded that the crow in the logo is not only the yatagarasu, but also the three-legged crow in classical chinese literature.

it is reported that some people have called for appropriate action to be taken regarding the football association's logo and for an application for change to be submitted to the ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology of japan.