soccer
June 07, 2013
On the night of June 4, Japan's national soccer team became the first to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals. As excited fans spilled into an intersection in front of Tokyo's ...
June 05, 2013
Japan once again successfully negotiated an early passage through World Cup qualifying in Asia but June 4's 1-1 draw with Australia highlighted two areas still a cause for...
June 04, 2013
SAITAMA--Japan became the first side to qualify for the World Cup finals in Brazil when playmaker Keisuke Honda scored an injury-time penalty to claim a 1-1 draw with Australia ...
May 25, 2013
JAKARTA--As monsoon rains swept the stadium, the chanting grew louder. "Indonesia! Indonesia!"
March 28, 2013
NEC Corp. has been selected to provide information and communication technology (ICT) for a third soccer stadium in Brazil, part of its continuing support of smart city...
March 21, 2013
BUSTO ARSIZIO, Italy--The problem of racism in sports, which is rampant in the European soccer world, will be the focus of the U.N.-sponsored International Day for the...
March 12, 2013
SHIZUOKA--A tiny soccer-playing radio-controlled robot is being offered as a self-assembly kit to encourage children to shut off their video screens, learn construction skills...
February 22, 2013
The 2013 Yokohama Football Film Festival, which as its name implies celebrates the rather small world of football feature films, has honored "Detective Conan: Juichinin-me no...
February 13, 2013
LAUSANNE--South Korean footballer Park Jong-woo will receive his bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics despite triggering a diplomatic row in a match against Japan, the...
January 24, 2013
FIFA spent about $1 million (89 million yen) to debut its new Goal Line Technology at December's Club World Cup in Japan. Unfortunately, there were no "on-the-line" situations...
December 24, 2012
HANOI--Under the watch of plainclothes police, midfielder Nguyen Van Phuong unleashed a powerful left-foot drive into the top corner. Dissidents cheered from the sidelines....
October 28, 2012
After the Samurai Blue had taken the lead in a final Asian qualifying match for the World Cup on Sept. 11, an Iraqi player dribbled toward the Japanese goal.
October 24, 2012
While Okinawa Prefecture has long been the training home for Japanese professional baseball, most J.League soccer teams opt for colder winter locales farther north.
October 18, 2012
After a four-hour drive from the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, I saw a giant monument displaying a soccer ball high in the air in central Sialkot, a city of almost 400,000...
September 29, 2012
Even though former Japanese soccer team superstar Kazuyoshi Miura is 45, the national men's futsal team is hoping that "King Kazu" still has a strong World Cup left in him. The ...
August 14, 2012
LONDON--Arsenal says Japan international winger Ryo Miyaichi has signed for Premier League club Wigan on a season-long loan deal.
August 12, 2012
In his spare time away from the soccer pitch, Yuto Nagatomo likes to go for a stroll through a nearby luxury boutique district near his home in Milan, Italy, located on the top ...
August 04, 2012
MANCHESTER, England -- Kensuke Nagai, captain Maya Yoshida and Yuki Otsu all scored against a 10-man Egypt team to put Japan through to the men's Olympic football semifinals...
August 04, 2012
CARDIFF, Wales -- Yuki Ogimi scored a goal and then set up another to give world champion Japan a 2-0 victory over Brazil on August 3 and a place in the semifinals of the...
August 02, 2012
COVENTRY, England--Japan held Honduras to a 0-0 draw Aug.1 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Olympic football tournament for the first time, with Japan goalkeeper Shuichi...