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 ...

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 ...

Kazuyoshi Miura vowed Friday to show he still has what it takes aged 58 as the former Japan international striker gets set ...

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 and ...

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 ...

Former Japan forward and 58-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura is joining Fukushima United in the J-League third division on loan until ...

Japanese football plays a crucial supplementary role in Tokyo’s efforts to wedge itself between Southeast Asian states and China. The performances of the Japanese and South Korean men’s national teams ...

Eiji Kawashima can close his eyes and immediately be taken back to his first World Cup experience. The goalkeeper was 19, sitting somewhere high above the action at Saitama Stadium as Roberto Carlos ...

The 2022 World Cup held in Qatar had several thrills and spills, but for the Asian continent, it was special for several reasons. After decades of disappointment, this World Cup felt like Asian ...

Japanese football legend Kazuyoshi Miura said his passion for playing the game was as strong as ever after signing for a ...

Japanese 58-year-old former national team forward Kazuyoshi Miura is set to join J-League third-division side Fukushima ...

“To be honest with you, it was not my dream,” Nakata admits, now, to CNN’s Human to Hero series, as he reflects on the emotions he was feeling at his third World Cup, in Germany in 2006. The fans, the ...