After celebrating qualification for an eighth consecutive World Cup finals with beaming smiles and high fives, Japan shifted focus towards becoming the first Asian side to win football's most coveted ...

Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday as Daichi Kamada and Takefusa Kubo struck in the ...

"This is extremely disappointing news for us as we were aiming to host the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2031," Miyamoto said in a statement. "However, regardless of this decision, there is no change ...

Dramatic quarter-final wins at the ongoing AFC U-20 Asian Cup have secured Japan and Korea Republic tickets to the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025™. Both nations overcame regulation time deficits ...

Japan's women's team, known as the Nadeshiko, has a strong track record on the international stage, winning the Women's World Cup in 2011 before finishing as runners-up four years later.

An international federation of labor unions said on Tuesday that FIFA denied it access to the Azteca Stadium to inspect conditions of construction workers doing renovations ahead of the 2026 World Cup ...

It is still early days on the road to the FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027™ as Japan and their rivals continue to build depth and starting quality ahead of the continental qualifiers.

The latest instalment of the Fifa/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking ... in the SheBelieves Cup trophy decider; their conquerors, Japan (5th, up 3), return to the top four for the first time ...

Japan will face Australia in the semi-finals with the win also confirming them a place in the FIFA U20 World Cup Chile 2025. Japan were struggling to cope and Iran took advantage of free space down ...

Japan’s offense has been clicking. The No. 8 country in FIFA has potted four goals in each of its two matches, making things look relatively easy against the Colombian and Australian squads.

TOKYO -- Consumer lending in Japan has climbed to its highest levels in more than a decade, with notable growth seen among such mobile-loan focused upstarts as Line Credit and Merpay, as inflation ...