Japan cannot be accused of lacking ambition, with Endo calling for fans to buy into their goal of winning the World Cup in an on-pitch address after sealing qualification. That may be seen as ...

AFP Japan has never gone beyond the last 16 at a World Cup, but it has set itself the ambitious target of winning next year's tournament after dominating in Asian qualifying. Hajime Moriyasu's ...

Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday as Daichi Kamada and Takefusa Kubo struck in the second half to earn Hajime Moriyasu's side a 2-0 win over Bahrain at ...

Japan became the first country to qualify for the 2026 men’s World Cup after it beat Bahrain ... the hour mark and although Ole Romeny got a goal back for Indonesia, Irvine’s second of the ...

Crystal Palace's Daichi Kamada scored his ninth goal for Japan in the 2-0 win Japan have become the first nation to book their place in the 2026 World Cup through qualifiers by beating Bahrain 2-0 ...

“This here is not our goal — we want to compete against strong teams at the World Cup.” Australia are in pole position to qualify out of Group C with Japan. Two goals in two minutes helped ...

Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup after beating Bahrain 2-0 at ... a point through Ali Al-Busaidi's 80th-minute goal. "People may think this qualification round is ...

"This here is not our goal -- we want to compete against strong teams at the World Cup." Australia's 5-1 home win over Indonesia earlier in the evening meant Japan would have clinched their place even ...