Wataru Endo (c) SANKEI On June 11 (112 JST), three days before the Japan national soccer team's first match at the World Cup, the Japan Football Association announced that captain and midfielder Wataru Endo (Liverpool) would be leaving the team due to injury. Endo announced his retirement from the national team on his SNS, commenting, ``I'm proud to have grown together with the team,'' building a team that can aim for a championship. After the previous tournament in Qatar in 2022, where Japan finished in the top 16 for the fourth time...