Before their World Cup quarterfinal in 2011, Japan’s female footballers were given a reminder of home. Except the photos produced by coach Norio Sasaki weren’t the sort you see on a postcard – fields ...

AUCKLAND, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Japan arrived at the Women's World Cup with a mission to put Nadeshiko football back on the global map and coach Futoshi Ikeda felt they had done so despite Friday's ...

Japanese football plays a crucial supplementary role in Tokyo’s efforts to wedge itself between Southeast Asian states and China. The performances of the Japanese and South Korean men’s national teams ...

It’s the biggest football match in 10 years between two fierce rivals, but Japan’s meeting with South Korea appears to be sparking more concern than excitement. Any sporting event between the two ...

South Korea and Japan are mulling a bid to co-host the 2035 men's Asian Cup, officials from both countries said Friday, joining forces again after staging the World Cup in 2002. A Korea Football ...

The head of Japan’s professional female football league said support for women’s sports still lags behind other countries, even as global interest is rising. Haruna Takata, who chairs the two-year-old ...

The 2022 World Cup held in Qatar had several thrills and spills, but for the Asian continent, it was special for several reasons. After decades of disappointment, this World Cup felt like Asian ...

Japan has so many of the ingredients to be a football powerhouse: third-biggest economy in the world, population of 125 million people, a national hunger for football, a prominent domestic league and ...

Football and homecoming weekend are among the comforts of home at Zama Middle High School. “You can take the Americans out of America, but we are still going to bring football with us.” Share full ...

A team of scientists has found that women's football was common across Japan between the Meiji restoration and the start of the Second World War. In the process, they also uncovered the oldest known ...

TOKYO (AP) — Kunishige Kamamoto, who scored 75 goals in 76 games for Japan's national team, died Sunday according to the Japan Football Association. He was 81 and the association said he died of ...

It's the business end of World Cup qualifying — at least for one nation — as Australia host Japan in an AFC qualifier at Perth Stadium on Thursday. While Japan were the first country to officially ...