Despite the defeat, the recent World Cup exploits of the Samurai Blue have certainly boosted Japanese football’s popularity in Southeast Asia, a region of strategic importance for Tokyo that is ...

Japan might have failed to qualify for the quarterfinals of the World Cup – falling in the round-of-16 as it did in 2002, 2010, 2018 – but the likes of Ritsu Doan, Junya Ito, Wataru Endo and ...

Brazil is set to play friendly matches against South Korea and Japan in October as part of their preparation for the 2026 ...

Japanese players believe increased competition in the Asian Football Confederation remains the legacy of hosting the World Cup. “It was a big event for South Korea.

Japan’s national football team has gone viral for upholding their country’s reputation for cleanliness by tidying up their locker room at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Images of the team’s locker ...

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 ...

When Japan hosted the World Cup with South Korea in 2002, just four of the squad, including Arsenal's Junichi Inamoto and Hidetoshi Nakata at Parma, were playing their football abroad.