As part of our Language of Soccer World Cup series, The Athletic is speaking to supporters of all 48 nations competing at the 2026 edition to capture their unique football culture, distilled into a ...

Netherlands have the most stars. Sweden might've the best player. But Japan might have the team to do the impossible this ...

A student who went missing in Japan while traveling with his family has been found dead in a "mountainous area outside of Kyoto," his mother said.

Hajime Moriyasu, 57, will become the first man to lead Japan at consecutive World Cups. Appointed in July 2018, he took his ...

Japan will travel to North America for the FIFA World Cup this summer aiming to finally break their round of 16 curse and go ...

Every soccer World Cup is an opportunity for Japan to deploy an unusual instrument of soft power.

Japan’s national team has changed practice venues in Monterrey ahead of the World Cup after players encountered an uneven ...

A rare fan moment turned heads online when overseas admirers of a Telugu superstar made a surprise appearance in India for a ...

Japan won Group E four years ago, besting soccer superpowers and past champions Germany and Spain, and it will have to ...

Japan's World Cup squad had to twice change their training pitches in Mexico because of the poor condition of the fields, ...

The Indian colts humbled hosts Japan 4-1 in the final on Friday, June 6 as Ashish Tani Purti struck a hat-trick. Captain ...

Their squad play all over Europe, and perhaps most eye-catching this season has been Feyenoord’s Ayase Ueda, who won the ...