The princess is the honorary patron of the Japan Football Association and her mother, Tottori, 96, died Tuesday in Tokyo. FIFA granted the association’s request to wear the armbands.

Back in Japan, the 6-foot-1, 280-pound Hanada rose to the highest amateur ranks of sumo wrestling by refusing to be pushed around in the ring. He’s taking that same approach to the football f… ...

Japan’s high school and grassroots game Japan’s high school and grassroots game. One of the pivotal moments in Japanese football arrived in 1993, as the J-League finally came into being.