He turns 59 in February, and the globe’s oldest professional soccer player has a new club as he gets set for his 41st season.

TOKYO (AP) — Saying it is one thing, but doing it is another. Japan soccer coach Hajime Moriyasu repeated his aim again for the World Cup. “Our goal for the tournament is to reach the quarterfinal — ...

The sporting landscape in Japan is showing no sign of slowing down as the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games drift into distant memories. In September, more sporting history was made with the launch ...

TOKYO, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The Japanese women's soccer team won a spot at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday after beating their North Korean rivals in a match that also marked the first visit by one of ...

This article may have Spanish-language video from our Telemundo sister station. Get the latest World Cup news in Spanish from Telemundo. The Samurai Blue have done the unthinkable. During the Group E ...

The Canadian women's soccer team will play two matches against Japan in Nagasaki during the November FIFA international ...

OIZUMI, Japan — Brazil’s national soccer team is a draw wherever it plays, often a sentimental choice. The affection will run deeper for some in Japan when the countries play Monday in Tokyo with both ...

My passion for football hasn't changed, no matter how old I get,' the former Japan international said in a statement issued ...

Evergreen 58-year-old striker Kazuyoshi Miura is set to join a Japanese third-division team to begin his 41st season as a professional soccer player, local media reported Sunday. Miura, known as "King ...

Japanese soccer great Kazuyoshi Miura, 58, has signed a new loan deal with the Japanese third division side Fukushima United, ...

Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, as they did in 2006 and 2010. Making their fifth consecutive World Cup appearance, it’s seemingly no longer about how fast the Samurai ...