All Upcoming Japan Fixtures
Friendly - Thursday 30th May 11:20
WC Qualifying Asia - Tuesday 11th June 15:30
Confederations Cup - Saturday 15th June 20:00
Confederations Cup - Wednesday 19th June 23:00
Confederations Cup - Saturday 22nd June 20:00
East Asian Football Championship - Sunday 28th July 12:00
Friendly - Wednesday 14th August 01:00
Japan Team News
2 years ago
Match report: Paraguay had the better chances during a dull game that they won belatedly, but deservedly, on penalties
2 years ago
Minute by minute: It was a terrible game, but Paraguay won't care - they're through to the quarters for the first time in their history. Scott Murray was watching
2 years ago
Either Paraguay or Japan will be in the quarter-finals for the first time in their history after this match
2 years ago
Didn't he used to be rubbish? Junichi Inamoto of Japan went to Arsenal for £3.5m but started only two games, both in the League Cup
2 years ago
Amy Lawrence: Japan's virtuoso midfielder with a ferocious work ethic has been hailed as a hero both back home and in South Africa
2 years ago
Guardian Fans' Network: Teams from Asia are routinely dismissed but Japan's win against Denmark made them real contenders, writes Sean Carroll
2 years ago
Japan needed only a draw to qualify for the last 16 ahead of Denmark but they got there in style, seeing off the Danes 3–1
2 years ago
Minute-by-minute report: Japan, needing only a draw, turn on an unnecessary but wildly impressive amount of class to sweep Denmark aside
2 years ago
Denmark's coach Morten Olsen has said he views tomorrow's Group E decider against Japan as 'a final'
2 years ago
Takeshi Okada is expected to name an unchanged team while Denmark bring in Per Krodrup for the suspended Simon Kjaer
Latest News, Blogs & Podcasts
The Star Online -
Yesterday
(Reuters) – Japan will be boosted by the return of defender Yuto Nagatomo for next month's 2014 World Cup qualifier against Australia after the Inter Milan full back said he has fully recovered from knee ligament damage. The 26-year-old took the field ...
Aljazeera.com -
4 weeks ago
While Japan's national team is on course to become the first to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, Japanese clubs are finding the 2013 Asian Champions League much harder to handle with three of four representatives far from certain of advancing to the ...
Goal.com India -
3 weeks ago
“Football in Japan has progressed incredibly. Currently there's fantastic work being done at grassroots level and I think we're reaping the rewards of the 2002 World Cup, which had a huge impact on my country. I wouldn't be surprised to see a large ...
Football Espana -
4 hours ago
La Verde then travel out to Brazil, where they have been drawn in Group A of the Confederations Cup, alongside Italy, Japan and hosts the Selecao. Mexico squad for qualifiers and Confederations Cup. Goalkeepers: Jesus Corona (Cruz Azul), Alfredo ...
Telegraph.co.uk -
39 minutes ago
In just a short stretch I saw a metal child's lunchbox; a National Football League badge; a pillow; a blanket; and broken wood and metal as far as the eye could see -- all of it tossed by a mile-wide tornado. Tornadoes average 30 miles per hour. This ...
Bleacher Report -
8 hours ago
... conferences and meetings as well as football matches, and has 74 boxes, 276 toilets, 40 bars, two restaurants and 14 snack bars. The stadium took two years to complete and will stage the opening Confederations Cup match between Brazil and Japan on ...
Bleacher Report -
5 hours ago
Hi-res-160872625_crop_north. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images. Heading toward the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, there remains the romantic Brazilian football fan who believes history from 12 years ago, the Selecao's fifth and last triumph, will repeat itself ...
Goal.com India -
3 hours ago
The Selecao will get the Confederations Cup underway on June 15 with a Group A match against Japan, while the European champions, who have been drawn in Group B, will face Uruguay the following day. "For any player to play in Brazil in the Maracana is ...
Inside World Football -
9 hours ago
On Saturday, she kicked the first symbolic ball on the newly-laid pitch at the new Mane Garrincha National Stadium in Brasilia, where Brazil take on Japan in the first game of the eight-nation Confederations Cup on June 15. The stadium is costing 1.2 ...
BackPageFootball -
9 hours ago
He is too good for any other team in modern football today, by that I mean if he leaves Dortmund, where is there that would match him so perfectly as Dortmund do. I just can't .... Shinji Kagawa has also definitely helped get them more attention in ...
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