

All Japan Results (season to date)
WC Qualifying Asia - Tuesday 26th March
Basem Fathi (90`)
Mohammad Ali (81`)
Amer Shafi' (74`)
Shadi Abu Hashhash (73`)
Abdallah Deeb Salim (70`)
Ahmad Hayel Ibrahim (61`)
Khalil Baniateyah (45`)
S. Kagawa (69`)
Friendly - Friday 22nd March
M. Havenaar (74`)
S. Okazaki (9`)
M. Haber (58`)
Friendly - Wednesday 6th February
S. Okazaki (61`)
K. Honda (60`)
S. Okazaki (41`)
K. Gorkšs (28`)
WC Qualifying Asia - Wednesday 14th November
Ahmed Kano (77`)
Ahmed Kano (57`)
S. Okazaki (90`)
H. Kiyotake (20`)
Friendly - Friday 12th October
S. Kagawa (88`)
M. Hasebe (34`)
WC Qualifying Asia - Tuesday 12th June
L. Wilkshire (69`)
M. Milligan (55`)
M. Milligan (25`)
Y. Kurihara (89`)
K. Honda (82`)
A. Uchida (69`)
Y. Kurihara (65`)
Y. Konno (29`)
Y. Kurihara (23`)
WC Qualifying Asia - Tuesday 15th November
Kwang-Chon Ri (90`)
Il-Gwan Jong (77`)
Song-Chol Pak (69`)
Nam-Chol Pak (64`)
Song-Chol Pak (59`)
Song-Hyok Jang (53`)
Nam-Chol Pak (50`)
Il-Gwan Jong (14`)
R. Maeda (60`)
WC Qualifying Asia - Friday 11th November
K. Saidov (63`)
S. Okazaki (90`)
R. Maeda (82`)
S. Okazaki (61`)
Y. Konno (35`)
WC Qualifying Asia - Tuesday 6th September
S. Djeparov (8`)
S. Okazaki (66`)
Asian Cup - Saturday 29th January
M. McKay (112`)
B. Holman (39`)
C. Valeri (16`)
T. Lee (109`)
Asian Cup - Monday 17th January
Motaz Al Musa (68`)
Kamil Al Mousa (68`)
S. Okazaki (80`)
R. Maeda (51`)
R. Maeda (19`)
S. Okazaki (13`)
S. Okazaki (8`)
A. Uchida (7`)
Asian Cup - Thursday 13th January
Abdul Fattah Al Agha (90`)
Ali Dyab (90`)
Nadim Sabagh (90`)
Nadim Sabagh (90`)
Firas Al Khatib (76`)
Abdulkader Dakka (61`)
Samer Awad (22`)
K. Honda (82`)
E. Kawashima (72`)
M. Yoshida (67`)
A. Uchida (53`)
M. Hasebe (35`)
D. Matsui (9`)
Friendly - Tuesday 12th October
Hyung-Min Shin (44`)
World Cup - Tuesday 29th June
C. Riveros (118`)
Y. Endō (113`)
K. Honda (90`)
Y. Nagatomo (72`)
D. Matsui (58`)
World Cup - Thursday 24th June
J. Tomasson (81`)
N. Bendtner (66`)
C. Poulsen (48`)
P. Krøldrup (29`)
S. Okazaki (87`)
Y. Endō (30`)
Y. Nagatomo (26`)
K. Honda (17`)
Y. Endō (12`)
World Cup - Saturday 19th June
W. Sneijder (53`)
G. van der Wiel (36`)
Asian Cup Qualification - Wednesday 6th January
Sami Karama (38`)
Basem Al Aqel (13`)
T. Yonemoto (90`)
N. Kikuchi (86`)
T. Makino (81`)
S. Hirayama (79`)
S. Hirayama (55`)
S. Hirayama (42`)
Asian Cup Qualification - Wednesday 18th November
Ambassa Guy Gerard (70`)
S. Okazaki (90`)
S. Nakamura (84`)
M. Tanaka (80`)
H. Satō (75`)
M. Hasebe (33`)
Friendly - Saturday 14th November
Friendly - Saturday 5th September
K. Huntelaar (87`)
W. Sneijder (73`)
R. van Persie (69`)
WC Qualifying Asia - Wednesday 17th June
T. Cahill (76`)
T. Cahill (59`)
M. Tanaka (39`)
WC Qualifying Asia - Saturday 6th June
A. Geynrikh (74`)
M. Hasebe (89`)
Y. Endō (59`)
Y. Nagatomo (38`)
S. Nakamura (31`)
S. Okazaki (9`)
Kirin Cup - Sunday 31st May
Asian Cup Qualification - Wednesday 28th January
Salman Isa (24`)
S. Koroki (85`)
S. Terada (55`)
WC Qualifying Asia - Wednesday 19th November
Magid Mohammed (90`)
Ibrahim Majid (90`)
Bilal Mohammed (89`)
M. Tanaka (68`)
K. Tamada (47`)
T. Tanaka (19`)
WC Qualifying Asia - Saturday 6th September
T. Tanaka (88`) (O.G)
Salman Isa (86`)
Abdulla Omar Ismail (73`)
M. Hussain (67`)
F. Aaish (44`)
M. Hussain (30`)
K. Nakamura (85`)
Y. Endō (44`)
D. Matsui (35`)
S. Nakamura (18`)
WC Qualifying Asia - Saturday 14th June
N. Surasiang (90`)
S. Sukha (65`)
D. Thonglao (27`)
K. Saiwaew (18`)
K. Nakamura (88`)
D. Matsui (55`)
Y. Nakazawa (38`)
M. Tanaka (23`)
Y. Komano (6`)
WC Qualifying Asia - Saturday 7th June
Khalifa Ayil (73`)
Fawzi Bashir (25`)
Mohammed Al Balushi (12`)
Y. Endō (53`)
Y. Ōkubo (16`)
WC Qualifying Asia - Wednesday 26th March
Hamad Rakea (81`)
A. Hubail (78`)
S. Jalal (41`)
Abdullah Fatadi (11`)
Y. Abe (58`)
Friendly - Wednesday 20th February
World Cup - Monday 12th June
J. Aloisi (90`)
T. Cahill (89`)
T. Cahill (84`)
J. Aloisi (77`)
T. Cahill (69`)
C. Moore (58`)
V. Grella (33`)
T. Moniwa (68`)
N. Takahara (40`)
T. Miyamoto (31`)
S. Nakamura (26`)
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
Channel News Asia -
1 day ago
TOKYO: Japan's J-League was a trailblazer for Asian football when it debuted in 1993 and now, as it celebrates its 20th anniversary, it is still pointing the way forwards for the region. Gone are the days when J-League clubs spent lavishly to recruit ...
Premium Times -
11 hours ago
Ghana's senior national football team, the Black Stars, will play Japan in an international friendly on September 8 in Japan, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced on Friday. GFA said in a statement in Accra that the warm-up match had been ...
Taipei Times -
2 days ago
South Korea and Japan's domination of East Asian soccer is being further eroded, judging by the make-up of the quarter-finalists in this season's Asian Champions League. The two nations have between them won all but one of the past seven Asian ...
The Star Online -
5 days ago
(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 ...
Stars and Stripes -
15 hours ago
Dishawn Harvey connected on a 40-yard pass to Devonte Ecford in the final minute to snap a 6-6 tie and lead the Dragons to a 12-6 triumph over reigning South Division champion Foster in U.S. Forces Japan-American Football League action at Kubasaki ...
Goal.com Singapore -
7 hours ago
Nagatomo's character will be voiced by Junko Takeuchi, who is famous for voicing the character of Naruto Uzumaki in the Japanese hit series, Naruto Shippuden. She has previously played a part in another Japanese football anime, titled "Inzazuma Eleven ...
AFP -
1 day ago
TOKYO, Japan — Japan's J-League was a trailblazer for Asian football when it debuted in 1993 and now, as it celebrates its 20th anniversary, it is still pointing the way forwards for the region. Gone are the days when J-League clubs spent lavishly to ...
FOXSports.com -
1 hour ago
21-year-old Santos attacker Neymar - long seen as the next potential global soccer superstar - has been tracked by both Madrid and Barcelona for over two years now. Madrid thought they had signed ... Neymar himself has held firm to his intention of ...
The Star Online -
22 hours ago
Despite missing midfielders Zoran Tocis, Aleksandr Cauna and Mario Fernandez due to injury, with Ivory Coast marksman Seydou Doumbia also out with muscle pain, Slutsky has decided to give Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda the afternoon off.










