Japan's captain Yoshida Maya says the team was unable to break Costa Rica's defense and failed to change the pace of its offensive.

Yoshida answered a Japanese reporter's question after Japan lost Sunday's match with Costa Rica, 1-0.

Japan's industry ministry says there are technical difficulties with three proposed options for disposing of treated radioactive wastewater stored at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The wastewater includes water that has been used to cool the molten nuclear fuel following the March 2011 meltdowns, as well as rainwater that has flowed into the ground under the reactors. It is then treated to remove most radioactive substances, but some elements, including tritium, remain. The volume of stored water has been increasing.

A Japanese expert says infection control and prevention will be difficult for the new coronavirus linked to a pneumonia outbreak in China.

Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Professor Mitsuo Kaku says infections may occur when people have no apparent symptoms. He warns that the number of patients may rise in Japan as well.