Yukari Kinga, a member of Japan's 2011 Women's World Cup-winning team, will retire at the end of this season, her WE League ...

Former Japan Rugby Football Union chief Noboru Mashimo, who was instrumental in bringing the 2019 Rugby World Cup to the ...

Japan beat Bahrain 2-0 in Saitama on Thursday to become the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup and extend their run of successive appearances at the finals to eight. The 2026 tournament will ...

World Cup will have a record 48 teams. It will be held in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada and kick off on June 11.

The legendary Japanese player, still going strong and playing at age 58, marvels at how far football has come in his country.

Fans show blue balloon with Japan soccer logo before the World Cup 2026 group C qualifying soccer match between Japan and Saudi Arabia at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, Tuesday, ...

Japan became the first national team to qualify through the World Cup qualifiers, with New Zealand and Argentina also ...

Japan has never gone beyond the last 16 at a World Cup, but it has set itself the ambitious target of winning next year's ...

Japan's football team has secured its place in the 2026 World Cup, stirring excitement not just within Asia but across the globe. Following their impressive performance in the World Cup qualifiers, ...

Nils Nielsen's side needed a stoppage-time penalty to rescue a 1-1 draw against Colombia in an international friendly on Sunday.

Newly declassified diplomatic documents in South Korea show that in 1994, Japan's then-Foreign Minister Kono Yohei unofficially proposed that the two countries co-host the 2002 soccer World Cup.