The NFL expects to be playing a regular-season game in Tokyo in either 2027 or 2028, commissioner Roger Goodell said on Friday.

“Listen, Tokyo is clearly on our list, whether it’s next year or the year after. It’s coming at some point in the near future,” Goodell told NFL Daily.

“We’re going to continue to focus on our priority markets, which a lot of them they’ve been in, but there are other cities; this year, we went to Rio (de Janeiro) rather than Sao Paulo.

Goodell was quick to point to the power of the NFL with its trip to Melbourne, Australia, for a Week 1 encounter between the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams.

“On a Friday morning at 10:30 (a.m. local time), to have 100,000 people in the stadium, it was just an incredible feeling for us,” Goodell said. “I think it’s opened up new opportunities for us. The travel is something we think we can manage and do it without impacting negatively on the teams.…