After matchday eight of Asia's World Cup qualifiers, ESPN's writers answer the burning questions, provide analysis and break ...

In what has been a trying season so far, Yukinari Sugawara finally had something to smile about this past week. Last Thursday ...

Goals from Takaaki Oba, Chikara Eguro and Ozu Moreira earned Japan victory over Saudi Arabia and Asia’s third and final ticket to Seychelles 2025.

Japan has become the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup after beating Bahrain 2-0 at Saitama Stadium.

Japan became the first national team to qualify through the World Cup qualifiers, with New Zealand and Argentina also ...

Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday as Daichi Kamada and Takefusa Kubo struck in the ...

After Japan and Iran joined the 2026 World Cup field this week, 15 Asian countries remain alive for six more guaranteed ...

The 2026 men’s World Cup is still more than a year away, but in March of 2025, its field of 48 teams began to take shape.

Newly declassified diplomatic documents in South Korea show that in 1994, Japan's then-Foreign Minister Kono Yohei unofficially proposed that the two countries co-host the 2002 soccer World Cup.

The 2026 World Cup will have a record 48 teams, and Japan became the first nation excluding the three hosts to secure a spot.

Japan have never gone beyond the last 16 at a World Cup but they have set themselves the ambitious target of winning next ...

Fans show blue balloon with Japan soccer logo before the World Cup 2026 group C qualifying soccer match between Japan and ...