Former Dutch international Rafael van der Vaart said that Japan’s players ‘look alike’ in a misguided joke on live TV. The South Asian nation kicked off their 2026 World Cup campaign in entertaining fashion with a 2-2 draw against the Netherlands on Sunday. Ex- Tottenham and Real Madrid star Van der Vaart was a pundit for Dutch TV channel NOS during the game. But the 43-year-old landed himself in hot water with a misguided joke about the appearance of the Japanese players. “The perfect corner