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Inukai gave Okada his vote of confidence, according to the manager, whose team leaves Wednesday morning for training camp in Switzerland.
"It's our second loss to them this year and it's definitely a responsibility issue," Okada said during the post-match press conference.
"I asked the president if he wanted me to stay on, and he told me do it.
"I still have my confidence, but I told him, 'You're going to get a lot of heat for this.' But he has told me to keep going."
Korea captain Park Ji Sung struck early and forward Park Chu Young came off the bench to net an injury-time penalty in front of a sellout crowd of 57,873 at Saitama Stadium.
"We're in the business of getting results, and I'm responsible," Okada said. "We have no choice but to keep believing in ourselves and move forward, and do the best we possibly can."
Korea got off to a fast start through Park Ji Sung in just the sixth minute.

The Manchester United midfielder was a class apart from the 21 other players on the pitch, and his goal set the tone for the Koreans who outperformed the hosts in every department of the game.
Park first beat Makoto Hasebe to win the ball and after casually brushing off the Wolfsburg midfielder, he ran past FC Tokyo's Yasuyuki Konno in a heartbeat toward the goal.
Park then slotted home into the bottom left corner from the edge of the box as the visitors picked up right where they left off in February, when the Koreans hammered Okada's men 3-1 at the East Asian Championship.
Goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki brought down Park Chu Young in the 91st minute for a penalty, which the Monaco striker himself converted to rub salt in Japan's already gaping wound.
Japan was missing a couple of first-choice players, both in defense.
Rightback Atsuto Uchida and centerhalf Marcus Tulio Tanaka, who was red- carded in the February defeat, were out with injuries.
Japan has two more friendlies to right the ship, with a game against England on May 30 and Cote d'Ivoire on June 4 before its first group match against Cameroon on the 14th at Bloemfontein.
"A 2-0 defeat is an extremely tough result to accept," captain Yuji Nakazawa said. "It hurts. But all we can do is try to learn from this loss and make the most of it in the future." (May. 24, 2010)
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