Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma now holds the record for most Premier League goals scored in a single season by a Japanese player. The 25-year-old winger landed the feat after hitting the target in the Seagulls' epic 3-3 draw with Brentford on Saturday afternoon.

The...

It's been a rocky road for Japan leading up to the upcoming World Cup. Coach Vahid Halilhodzic was jettisoned in April despite leading them successfully through qualifying, with Akira Nishino hired in his stead. Unfortunately, Nishino's first game in...

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had something special prepared for the Ruhr Derby, as he managed to pull out one more wrestling match after scoring a goal against Schalke.

The African striker scored the opening goal for the yellow-and-black side, putting...

On Thursday, Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund secured their spot in the 2015-16 Europa League season in style, thrashing Norwegian side Odd 7-2 at home.

Marco Reus bagged three goals, inspiring the German side to impressive win at Signal Iduna...

After enduring a disappointing two seasons at Old Trafford since arriving in 2012, Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa has returned to Germany.

The Japanese international, who was signed by the Red Devils for a reported £17 million, was sold...

After spending the last two years with Manchester United, it seems Shinji Kagawa's days as a Red Devil may come to an end soon. The Japanese midfielder allegedly has signed his return to German side Borussia Dortmund where he made a name for himself in...

After the disaster that represented their campaign last season, in which they went from being the Premier League winners to failing to make it into the top four, Manchester United have been keen on moving from it as quickly as possible.

The Red...

Just like what seems to be happening to many of the teams that are participating in this year's World Cup, Didier Drogba and his Côte d'Ivoire teammates are concerned about the fitness of one of their key members. Les Éléphants coach...

In a recent interview to the newspaper Kyodo, Keisuke Honda talked about Japan and its impending challenge in the World Cup. The Japanese players, who is currently in Florida preparing for the upcoming international competition, said:

“I...

Japan's history on the world stage

In 2002, the first ever World Cup was held in Asia, with Japan and South Korea serving as co-hosts. However, while Korea made an impressive run all the way to the semi-finals, their neighbours Japan were not as...

With each passing day, more and more squads have started to release their World Cup squad selections to the public.

Countries like Ghana, Germany, and the United States still haven't trimmed their squad down to 23, while Korea already has their...

Match preview: End of road for Chicharito, Kagawa and co.

Japan have zero point from a possible six but this does not reflect the mighty efforts they injected in their battle against Italy on Matchday 2. Inspired by the speed of Honda and the trickery...

Team News

Long term Tottenham target Leandro Damiao has been ruled out of the Confederation Cup due to a thigh injury. The 23 year old will be replaced by former Manchester City and Everton striker Jo, who has coupled his 25 appearances this season...

Mario Gotze

The attacking midfielder is Dortmund’s youth product having joined the club at a tender age of eight. Despite his young age the dynamic midfielder has already made 116 appearances for his side. The 20 year old is currently enjoying...

Kagawa's is an interesting story given that he's been in an out of reckoning all season because of injury and poor form. Going into the weekend's game against Norwich he had had only two goals entire season for Manchester United and not too many fantasy...

“It's definitely the greatest challenge of my career and I hope to learn and improve every day,” Kagawa told the press on Thursday.

The Asian has been tipped to excel in his career in England but two of the challenges he faces is the intensity...