TOKYO - Returning midfielder Ao Tanaka scored the early winner as Japan saw off North Korea 1-0 at home in World Cup qualifying on Thursday, in the Samurai Blue's first action since being knocked out of the Asian Cup at the quarterfinal stage.
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