Over 15,000 people died as a result of the earthquake, and Cafu, who won the World Cup in the country in 2002, wants to help the people still suffering.
“The people there have just lived through a disaster and I want to help these individuals in distress,” he told FIFA.com.
“That’s why we’re organising this football match in Japan – to give back some of the joy the country gave us in 2002.”
Sepp Blatter and the Japanese Football Association have both spoken of their support for the match, which will see players from the Germany and Brazil sides of the 2002 final play a Rest of the World XI.
“We were delighted with the ambitious initiative that Cafu submitted to FIFA,” said Blatter. “We’ll help to organise the match, hopefully in Yokohama, where the final was played in 2002.”
Kohzo Tashima, General Secretary for the JFA, commented: “We’ll never be able to thank you (Cafu) enough.
“The Japanese people will be very grateful for an initiative like this which ought to help them overcome this terrible challenge. We can feel football’s strength and its capacity to unite people.”
