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

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 ...

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

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 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 ...

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 ...