Paraguay beat Japan on penalties

Paraguay held their nerve to beat Japan 5-3 on penalties on Tuesday to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time after the match had finished in a goalless stalemate. Japan's Yuichi......

England rescued by Japan own goals, France held

England failed to convince in a 2-1 victory over Japan in their final World Cup warm-up on Sunday and France were held to a 1-1 draw by Tunisia in their penultimate match. There was more bad news......

Sloppy Japan shocked by Bahrain

Japan coach Takeshi Okada tore into his side after their shock 1-0 World Cup qualifying defeat by Bahrain, describing the loss as a ''nightmare scenario:. Ala'a Hubail's 77th-minute header gave......

Japan beat Aus on penalties, enter Asian Cup SF

Yuji Nakazawa blasted in the decisive spot-kick to lift Japan to a 4-3 victory over Australia on penaltiesand reach the Asian Cup football semi-finals on Saturday. The match finished 1-1 after......

Last chance for Japan's bad boy Moniwa

Japan's Teruyuki Moniwa promised on Monday to seize what he described as his "last chance" to play for his country at the Confederations Cup.The FC Tokyo defender left for Germany as a replacement......