Soccer-Japan's ageless 'King Kazu' delighted with J-League return

Japan soccer great Kazuyoshi Miura, 58, said on Friday he had all but given up on a return to the J-League before signing for ...

How the Women’s Super League found an unlikely market in Japan: ‘Let’s embrace this’

Seventy-six per cent of the WSL’s broadcast audience last season came from outside of the UK, according to figures supplied ...
Kyodo News on MSN

Football: J3 Fukushima United sign 58-year-old Miura on short-term loan

Former Japan forward and 58-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura is joining Fukushima United in the J-League third division on loan until ...
The Nation Newspaper

LaLiga extends pact with Japan’s WE League, Nadeshiko League

LaLiga, the Japan Women’s Empowerment Professional Football League (WE League) and the Japan Women’s Football League (Nadeshiko League) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalizing the ...
Columbia Daily Spectator

Six football players selected for second annual Dream Japan Bowl in Tokyo

Six members of the Columbia football team will head across the globe later this month for the second annual Dream Japan Bowl, a football game held between the Ivy League and Japan’s National Football ...
Time

Japan’s Women’s Soccer Team Struggles to Grow Support at Home

The head of Japan’s professional female football league said support for women’s sports still lags behind other countries, even as global interest is rising. Haruna Takata, who chairs the two-year-old ...