WC PIX: Japan erupts in cheers and tears

IMAGE: Japan fans celebrate outside the stadium after the match as Japan qualify for the knockout stages. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Japan erupted in cheers and tears after the national......

Japan FA to give loans to clubs hit by COVID-19 shutdown

Japan's FA has approved 210 million yen ($1.95 million) in loans to 115 clubs whose finances have taken a hit from the COVID-19 shutdown, Kyodo news agency has reported. The season had just got......

Tokyo Olympics chief met official who now has coronavirus

Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori, who is 82 and has lung cancer, has not been tested because he has no symptoms of the virus and does not meet testing requirements. IMAGE: Tokyo 2020......

Japan Olympic Committee deputy head has coronavirus

IMAGE: Japanese former marathon runner Noguchi Mizuki and president of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee Toshiaki Endo pose for a picture following the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the......

What does Blatter's shocking resignation mean?

It means…U-20 World Cup can kick on Activists with a mask of Joseph S. Blatter are pictured in Zurich. Photograph: Alessandro Della Bella/Getty Images Sepp Blatter's shock resignation as......