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 ...

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

AUCKLAND, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Japan arrived at the Women's World Cup with a mission to put Nadeshiko football back on the global map and coach Futoshi Ikeda felt they had done so despite Friday's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Kazuyoshi Miura will join Japan's Fukushima United on loan until June for what will be his 41st season as a professional ...

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 ...

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Football and homecoming weekend are among the comforts of home at Zama Middle High School. “You can take the Americans out of America, but we are still going to bring football with us.” Share full ...