claim: Japan national football team is one of the most successful teams in Asia.
evidence: Heungseon Daewongun -LRB- 흥선대원군 , 興宣大院君 , 21 December 1820 -- 22 February 1898 -RRB- , also known as the Daewongun , Guktaegong -LRB- 국태공 , 國太公 , `` The Great Archduke '' -RRB- or formally Heungseon Heonui Daewonwang and also known to contemporary western diplomats as Prince Gung , was the title of Yi Ha-eung , regent of Joseon during the minority of Emperor Gojong in the 1860s and until his death a key political figure of late Joseon Korea .. regent. regent. Joseon. Joseon. Emperor Gojong. Gojong of Korea. Korea. Korea. Daewongun literally translates as `` prince of the great court '' , a title customarily granted to the father of the reigning monarch when that father did not reign himself -LRB- usually because his son had been adopted as heir of a relative who did reign -RRB- .. While there had been three other Daewongun during the Joseon dynasty , so dominant a place did Yi Ha-eung have in the history of the late Joseon dynasty that the term Daewongun usually refers specifically to him .. Joseon. Joseon. The Daewongun is remembered for the wide-ranging reforms he attempted during his regency , as well as for his `` vigorous enforcement of the seclusion policy , persecution of Christians , and the killing or driving off of foreigners who landed on Korean soil '' .