Legend Keisuke Honda believes that the Japanese team has the ability to cause a surprise at the 2026 World Cup.

We now know 42 of the 48 teams that will participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which gets underway on June 11, 2026. And even though we won’t know the remaining six teams until the playoffs in ...

Japan have never gone beyond the round of 16 at a World Cup but Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, the country's top football official, told ...

The stage is set for the FIFA World Cup draw, which will take place on December 5 at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. as ...

The 2026 World Cup will be the biggest edition of the tournament yet, featuring 48 nations, but which of them are most likely ...

Two nations have formed a genuine bond at the FIFA U-17 World Cup and are supporting each other as Qatar 2025 unfolds, with a meeting in the final still a possibility.

This is the last of a six-article series looking at figures who have played a pivotal role in a modern football success story. The first piece, on the rebuilding of Ajax, can be found here. Part two, ...

Starting players of Japan pose for a group photo before the group B match between Japan and Portugal of FIFA U17 World Cup Qatar 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on Nov. 9, 2025. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua) NEW DELHI ...

Japan has the potential to win next year's World Cup, Keisuke Honda, one of the country's biggest football stars in the first ...