Japanese football has preferred action over noise. The country has spent decades carefully shaping the J.League, developing a domestic ecosystem that now exports talent to the biggest leagues in ...

Nov 11 (Reuters) - Japan have never gone beyond the round of 16 at a World Cup but Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, the country's top football official, told Reuters they are high on confidence and have set their ...

TOKYO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Japan soccer great Kazuyoshi Miura, 58, said on Friday he had all but given up on a return to the J-League before signing for Fukushima United, adding that he hopes ‌to ...

Scotland have confirmed two pre-World Cup warm-up friendlies vs Curacao and Japan later this year. Scotland has confirmed ...

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japan dispatched Australia 8-0 in the Tokyo Deaflympics men's football tournament Friday as the multi-sport event kicked off in Fukushima Prefecture a day before the opening ...

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 ...

Seismic change is coming to Japanese club football and with it one final chance for domestic players to press their World Cup claims.

TOKYO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Japan soccer great Kazuyoshi Miura, 58, said on Friday he had all but given up on a return to the J-League before signing for Fukushima United, adding that he hopes to ...