Kazuyoshi Miura smiles as he speaks to reporters at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2022, after arriving home from Portugal. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo)… Read More »Soccer: Kazuyoshi Miura feels positive about a potential move to Oliveirense
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Japan national football team head coach Hajime Moriyasu speaks to reporters in Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 6, 2022. (Kyodo) DOHA (Kyodo) — Japan manager Hajime… Read More »Soccer: Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu has no regrets over the World Cup run
Japan’s Daizen Maeda scores the opening goal past Croatia’s goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Japan and Croatia… Read More »Soccer: Croatia beats Japan in penalty shootout at World Cup
DOHA–Japan has already scripted one of the best stories of the World Cup with comeback victories over former champions Germany and Spain, but Takuma Asano… Read More »SOCCER/ World Cup starts from now, says Japan’s Asano on future fortunes
DOHA–Australia’s fairytale finally came to an end on Saturday but the unfancied and unheralded squad that headed to Qatar a few weeks ago will go… Read More »SOCCER/ Heartbroken Australia bows out with heads held high
Takehiro Tomiyasu, right, trains with the Japanese squad in Doha on Dec. 3, 2022, ahead of the team’s game against Croatia in the Round of… Read More »Soccer: Takehiro Tomiyasu ready to step up for short-handed Japan vs Croatia