KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — Young soccer players from two Defense Department high schools on Okinawa trained recently with the coaches of Japan’s top-rated professional team. About 45 students ...

At the World Cup in Qatar, Japan lost to Croatia in a penalty shootout in the round of 16. But what the team accomplished in the group stage was considered a huge step forward for Japanese soccer.

Shamoji are used to serve cooked rice, but sports fans often bring them to baseball and soccer stadiums to encourage victory for their teams. They are quite common in Hiroshima Prefecture ...

A travel agency in Manila posts a sign informing applicants that Japan tourist visa slots are full for the day on Jan. 16, 2025 ... after Thailand in visitor numbers to Japan in 2024 but ...

TOKYO – Japan saw a record number of suicides among students in 2024, Health Ministry data showed on Jan 29. The latest data among those in elementary through high school edged up to 527 from ...

The number of visitors from Japan who came to Hawaii last year was less than half the number who came to the Islands in 2019, before the Covid pandemic and a strengthening U.S. dollar kept them away.

Japan saw a record number of suicides among school pupils in 2024, health ministry data showed Wednesday. The latest data among those in elementary through high school edged up to 527 from 513 ...

"There's been a proliferation of pro soccer teams in the United States and at some point, I wouldn't blame the federation if it had to limit the number of entries into the tournament because it's ...

Among the six core countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations -- Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Brunei -- the Philippines ranked second after Thailand in ...

(Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of foreign employees in Japan reached a record 2.3 million as of the end of last October, maintaining a growth rate of 12.4 percent, the same as the previous ...

The number of foreign workers in Japan has hit a record high for the 12th straight year, reflecting severe labor shortages in the country, labor ministry data showed Friday. Foreign workers ...