The Japan Football Association (JFA) has decided it wants out of hosting the FIFA Club World Cup and is in discussion with soccer’s world governing body, according to Kyodo News. The decision is ...

AFP "The Japan Football Association has been saying that we want to win the World Cup by 2050, and we are taking on the challenge to improve so that we can make it happen." Moriyasu knows that his ...

At an extraordinary general meeting of the Hyogo Football Association, the prefectural branch of the Japan Football Association, in June, he also said, “I do hate (North) Korea, which is an anti ...

It was there he was voted both the Scottish Player of the Year and the Scottish Football Writers' Association Player of the Year. Nakamura was an attacking midfielder, a position that Japan can ...

The Japan Football Association on Thursday named Dane Nils Nielsen as the new manager of the women's national team. The 53-year-old takes up the role vacated by Futoshi Ikeda, who led Nadeshiko ...

Futoshi Ikeda has left his job as coach of the Japanese women’s team after the Japan Football Association declined to offer him a contract extension in the wake of the team’s quarter-final ...

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Yukari Kinga, a member of Japan's 2011 Women's World Cup-winning team, will retire at the end of this season, her WE League football club, Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina ...

A November start to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar would cause severe disruption to Japan’s domestic football schedule, the head of the J-League told AFP on Monday. A FIFA taskforce has recommended ...

(Reuters) - 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 ...