Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese football player Yoshihito Omi was one of the talented 44 international athletes invited to the NFL’s international ...

Japan were surprisingly made to work for an opening win over Chinese Taipei at the AFC Women's Asian Cup.

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 ...

FC Bayern and the Japan Football Association (JFA) are extending their partnership by a further three years. The existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was originally signed in 2018, will ...

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 ...

Only a brave -- or foolish -- person will suggest Japan can't -- or won't -- win the AFC Women's Asian Cup, especially given ...

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 ...

Countries competing in this summer's World Cup will be headquartered at base camps across North and Central America.

Defenders Rion Ishikawa and Hikaru Kitagawa, and midfielders Yūka Momiki and Honoka Hayashi have been posting Q&A videos in Japanese and vlogging about their days at Everton Yui Mok / Getty Images A ...

In an effort to grow the game of football, Temple coach Geoff Collins is heading to Japan to lead a handful of clinics. And he’s bringing some of his players with him. Eight players — seniors Michael ...

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 ...