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 ...

The Japanese love their sport, and attending a sporting event is a fantastic activity for travellers. International sports ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Football players from Ivy League schools ran drills and answered questions during a recent visit to the high school at this airlift hub in western Tokyo. The Ivy League team ...

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 ...

TOKYO — A pair of Air Force veterans — both former high school football players — are in Japan with a plan to grow the sport and help young American and Japanese players find a professional career.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...