packed the arrival lobby of Narita Airport near Tokyo to salute the Samurai Blue players, head coach Hajime Moriyasu and staff. “I did not expect that Japanese people would be so delighted ...

Former Japan national team candidates Masaya Okugawa and Tatsuya Ito have taken unconventional paths toward their J-League first-division debuts in the upcoming season, having each spent nearly a ...

A former Samurai Blue defender nicknamed the “Batman” because he donned a black mask to protect his broken nose in the 2002 World Cup will become the new chief of the Japan Football Association.