Japanese soccer players forming connections with L.A.’s Japanese American community Angel City forward Jun Endo, center, celebrates during a match against NJ/NY Gotham in March 2023.

One year away from the biggest soccer tournament in the world coming to the U.S., Japan’s best club teams in soccer are in ...

The first Japanese soccer player to feature for an L.A. team was defender Akira Kaji, who joined Chivas USA halfway through its final season and made 14 starts.

Since the opening of the European summer transfer market, nearly 10 Japanese players have confirmed their entry or transfer ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese soccer player Kumi Yokoyama said they are transgender — a revelation praised in the U.S. where they play in the National Women’s Soccer League but an ...

Following the 2011 World Cup triumph, Japanese women’s soccer had mixed success in building on that achievement. Although it finished runner-up at the 2015 Women’s World Cup, Japan was knocked ...

Mutsuhiko Nomura's soccer career has spanned 18 World Cups, or 70 years, to be exact. Now the silver-maned former Japanese national team player is a member of the brand new over-80 division of ...

Women’s soccer began to take off in Asia in the mid-seventies, she says. While in college around this time, Okajima played for FC Jinnan, Japan’s first women’s soccer club.

Japanese soccer fans and players have gone viral during the World Cup for cleaning up their surroundings once matches are over. Back home, it's a normal thing.

Several hundred thousand Japanese Brazilians have returned to work in Japan over recent decades, changing the face and cadence of towns and cities. Japan has never beaten Brazil in soccer in 12 tries.

Following the 2011 World Cup triumph, Japanese women’s soccer had mixed success in building on that achievement. Although it finished runner-up at the 2015 Women’s World Cup, Japan was knocked ...