Although Japan was unable to get past a global powerhouse, the team’s refined unity demonstrated its ability to capably compete with strong teams. It is hoped that the players will use this ...

The fixture also carries a deeper historical thread, as Brazil has long been a reference point for Japanese soccer, a ...

DALLAS--Hajime Moriyasu's quest to lead Japan deep into the World Cup faces a master-versus-apprentice last-32 clash on ...

Asian teams’ underwhelming World Cup showings have raised questions about the region’s potential, driven by a nascent soccer ...

Takuya Yoshino / The Yomiuri ShimbunJapanese supporters look disappointed after Japan’s defeat against Brazil in Houston on Monday. By Shintaro Kiguchi and Nobuto Hayashi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff ...

The heartbreak was all too familiar for Japan at the World Cup. The country's national team hung in until the very end Monday ...

By Bhargav Acharya TORONTO, June 11 (Reuters) - Japan captain Wataru Endo has withdrawn from the World Cup squad due to injury in a blow for the Samurai Blue, with the midfielder also announcing his ...

HOUSTON, June 29 (Reuters) - Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti named an unchanged side for Monday's World Cup round-of-32 match ...

In the men's soccer World Cup, Japan has drawn 1-1 with Sweden in its final group-stage match. Japan finished second in Group ...

Two decades after Brazil showed Japan how far it still had to climb in the global soccer pecking order, the Samurai Blue have ...

Japan has had a strong start to its World Cup campaign, but it has had to overcome a series of injury setbacks to come this ...

MITO -- Japan's declining child population is taking a toll even on a youth soccer club where a national team player got his ...