Japan's FIFA World Cup 2026 ended in heartbreak, but the Samurai Blue once again won hearts. Here's how football became a ...

National team legend Keisuke Honda has offered himself as Japan’s next head coach. The former Japan forward, now one of the ...

Japan have never won a World Cup knock-out match in four attempts and in order to finally break the curse they must beat no ...

How Japan transformed into Asia's football powerhouse through a decades-long development model linking schools, universities, ...

The Japan Football Association plans to request Moriyasu Hajime, 58, the head coach of the national team that impressed at ...

Brazil forward Matheus Cunha was slammed on social media for insulting gesture at a Japan player after his team's victory in ...

The Japan Football Association is looking to ask Hajime Moriyasu to stay on as manager after the national team were eliminat ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi lauded the national football team's spirited FIFA World Cup 2026 run. She praised ...

Japan bows to fans after World Cup exit to Croatia in Round of 16. Japan to finish in some other position at 50% YES.

Japan is out of the World Cup after a hard-fought loss to Brazil. The country is today regarded as one of Asia’s best ...

Daizen Maeda celebrates scoring in this World Cup (Alex Slitz/Getty Images) You do not have to be fluent in Japanese to pick it out in interviews and in newspaper columns. It is not a native word; it ...