As preparations ramp up for this year’s FIFA World Cup, the Japanese side are coming into the event with a sense of cautious optimism.

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

Japan has won the SheBelieves Cup, denying the United States Women's National Team a sixth consecutive win in the tournament. Japan needed a tie or win on Wednesday to hoist its first SheBelieves Cup ...

Ahead of the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, we here at For The Win are previewing some key teams to watch in this tournament. Next up is the Japan women’s national team. You can see the ...

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

Japan bids the World Cup farewell after its World Cup last-16 penalty shootout defeat by Croatia on Monday, but the team and its fans left lasting memories that won the Asian nation plenty of plaudits ...

The Samurai Blue are in a brutal group with Spain and Germany, but the potential giant killers should not be overlooked. Japan made plenty of noise in the U.S. when it dismantled Gregg Berhalter’s ...

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 ...

Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, as they did in 2006 and 2010. Making their fifth consecutive World Cup appearance, it’s seemingly no longer about how fast the Samurai ...