The Dutch men's national football team will lead Group F during the World Cup next year, taking on rivals Japan, Tunisia, and a playoff winner to be determined later. Curaçao, which also qualified for the tournament,

Japan are set to play the Netherlands, Tunisia and a European qualifier in the 2026 World Cup group stage following the results

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A Korea Football Association official said that the country's soccer chiefs are considering various options and co-hosting with Japan is 'one possible strategy.'

Vietnam has joined Japan as the only two nations to secure qualification to every Asian football tournament this year.

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 meltdown at the Fukushima power plant, a disaster that’s ...

Hawaii place-kicker Kansei Matsuzawa is within striking distance of becoming the first NFL player born and raised in Japan.

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 the infrastructure that comes from co-hosting a World ...

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 Football Confederation (AFC) outfits rose to the occasion.

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."We are considering bidding for the Asian Cup and it is true that we have discussed co-hosting with South Korea and other countries as one option,

Eiji Kawashima can close his eyes and immediately be taken back to his first World Cup experience. The goalkeeper was 19, sitting somewhere high above the action at Saitama Stadium as Roberto Carlos and Rivaldo worked wonders with the ball before Ronaldo ...