Japan

By Emmanuel Akyereko Frimpong Japanese striker Takuma Asano registered his first goal of the season in Spain's La Liga as he registered an early-minute goal for Real Mallorca in their 1-1 home drawn game with Deportivo Alaves during the weekend. Asano, 30, struck the ball home on the 9th minute mark at the Estadi Mallorca Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca. However, Kike Garcia drew parity for the visiting club […]

By Emmanuel Akyereko Japan's U20 side recorded their second straight draw in the 2025 AFC Asian U20 Cup after splitting the points in their Group D clash at the Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base - Artificial Grass in China on Thursday afternoon. Despite going ahead in the 28th minute through Kawasaki Frontale forward Soma Kanda, the Blue Samurai succumbed to a last-minute from substantive Tae-won Kim who levelled for South […]

Japan brushed aside Thailand 3-0 in the opening fixture of the 2025 AFC U20 Asian Cup on Friday evening at the Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base in China. Watch the game's highlights below.  

By Emmanuel Akyereko Japan brushed aside Thailand 3-0 in the opening fixture of the 2025 AFC U20 Asian Cup on Friday evening at the Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base in China. The Young Samurais have taken a commanding lead in the Group D fixture which has rivals Korea, Syria and Thailand. Hisatsugu Ishii, who plays for Shonan Bellmare, registered the game's opening goal on the 14th minute before defender Rion […]

By Emmanuel Akyereko Japan international forward Kaoru Mitoma led the raid for Brighton and Hove Albion who trashed Chelsea 3-0 in the English Premier League on Friday evening. Mitoma, 27, smashed the opening goal for the Seagulls on the 27th minute mark before playing an influential role for Fabian Hurzeler's men who scored additional goals in either halves to claim an emphatic win. The former Kawasaki Frontale player latched on […]