Ao Tanaka’s deadline day move from Fortuna Dusseldorf to Leeds United presented something of a calculated risk for his new club. But after an armful of man-of-the-match awards and an unexpectedly ...

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

Japanese soccer great Kazuyoshi Miura, 58, has signed a new loan deal with the Japanese third division side Fukushima United, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

After reaching yet another knockout phase at the U-17 Women's World Cup, FIFA looks at how Japan are so routinely successful at youth level. The final match in Group D of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World ...

Totti, who recently made a tearful farewell to Roma after 25 years at his boyhood club, has been linked with Major League Soccer. "Ultimately he was unable to get his family's blessing," Verdy ...

SAITAMA CITY, Japan (Reuters) - For nearly two decades Shunji Usui has been a fixture at Urawa Red Diamonds matches at the Saitama Stadium in the suburbs of Tokyo, a face in the crowd among the most ...

Nintendo has a long history of sponsoring professional sports teams, and one club it's continued to support over the years is ...