Japan appears to be in a similar position to FIFA's ranking, but South Korea has failed to build as much power as FIFA's ranking. It was a ranking that made me feel that the soccer gap between ...

Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday as South Korea were held but still inched closer along with a rampant Australia. Daichi Kamada and Takefusa Kubo scored in ...

Three-way tiebreaker required to split Japan, UAE and Australia while Korea Republic edge past Yemen to qualify. On a dramatic penultimate day of group action at the AFC U-17 Asian Cup ...

As a dual citizen of Korea and Japan, he is eligible to play in either country. In an interview with Japanese football media Soccer Digest in 2024, Daichi revealed his reason for deciding to study ...

South Korean soccer collapsed to Indonesia, which replaced coach Shin Tae-yong 'Beamana'. South Korea's under-17 national ... On the other hand, Japan in Group B defeated the United Arab Emirates ...

Asian qualifying resumes Thursday with Japan hosting North Korea in Tokyo. Five days later, Japan will be playing in Pyongyang in front of a potential crowd of 50,000 — almost exclusively North ...