Following a four-day delay caused by the recent Hokkaido earthquake, Japan's men's soccer team will make their debut under new head coach Hajime Moriyasu on Tuesday against Central American visitors Costa Rica. The Samurai Blue's first match after a World Cup is always a prime ...
The Japan Football Association has taken its biggest step yet in the country's burgeoning esports scene, joining the Japan Esports Union as co-host of the newly established esports competition in the cultural program at the 2019 National Sports Festival in Ibaraki Prefecture. The inaugural Inter ...
Two goals from Sho Ito and a pair of Olivier Boumal assists delivered a much-needed win for Yokohama F. Marinos as they topped Kashiwa Reysol 3-1 on Saturday night. After suffering five defeats and picking up just two wins on the road in August, Marinos ...
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School announced a partnership with job listing site MyNavi on Tuesday, becoming the first public school in the country to sign a uniform sponsor for its soccer club. The Chiba Prefecture-based school, a nine-time Inter High School Sports Festival winner and five-time ...
Six weeks ago, Samurai Blue star Keisuke Honda announced that he had participated in his last World Cup and hinted that retirement was on the table. On Wednesday, he praised Melbourne Victory head coach Kevin Muscat for convincing him not to hang up his boots. "I ...
