Japan's best result in the World Cup is a Round of 16 (2002, 2010, 2018, 2022) finish and enters the 2026 tournament ranked ...

Hajime Moriyasu is a former midfielder and longtime coach who has led Japan’s national team since 2018. He guided Japan to ...

Four months before the 2011 Women’s World Cup final, Japan was devastated by the largest earthquake ever recorded in the country’s history. The earthquake triggered a tsunami causing a nuclear ...

When the final whistle went here at the Khalifa International Stadium, Japan celebrated like they had won the World Cup. Players collapsed to the ground, others pointed to the sky, the entire ...

Japan have named their 26-man squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, with Arsenal’s Takehiro Tomiyasu and Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma included. There is no place, however, for Celtic duo Kyogo Furuhashi ...

Japan is one of the top Asian soccer teams and will look to make an impact in this year’s World Cup. Japan’s Group E opponents are previous winners in Spain and Germany while Costa Rica isn’t the ...