National team manager Takeshi Okada insists he did not offer to resign in the immediate aftermath of Japan's 2-0 defeat to South Korea on Monday night.
Okada said in his post-match news conference that he had sought out Japan Football Association president Motoaki Inukai after the game, and asked if he still wished him to lead the team to next month's World Cup in South Africa.
But Okada backtracked on his comments on Tuesday, denying that his intentions were to step down less than two days before taking his squad to Switzerland for a pre-tournament training camp.