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FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 7, 2017
Nakata joins International Football Association Board
Former Japan star Hidetoshi Nakata has been appointed as a member of the International Football Association Board that discusses and decides proposed alterations to the game's laws.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Dec 21, 2016
Japan may have to wait for more Club World Cup heroics
Kashima Antlers showed how far Japanese soccer has come when they gave Real Madrid a mighty scare in the Club World Cup final last Sunday, but it may be some time before a J. League champion gets to take advantage of Japan hosting the tournament again.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 18, 2016
Outrage over Rooney's drunken antics just media hypocrisy
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SOCCER
Nov 1, 2016
Japan Under-19 coach Uchiyama to stay in charge for U-20 World Cup
The Japan Football Association's executive committee confirmed Tuesday that Japan Under-19 coach Atsushi Uchiyama will remain in charge through next year's Under-20 World Cup in South Korea.
SOCCER
Oct 7, 2016
Nagatomo won't play against Australia due to possible concussion
Japan defender Yuto Nagatomo has pulled out of the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Australia with concussion-like symptoms, the Japan Football Association announced Friday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 7, 2016
England's Southgate begins trial period against easiest of foes, Malta
If the Football Association was worried that Saturday's England vs. Malta 2018 World Cup qualifier at Wembley might struggle to capture the country's interest, the departure of Sam Allardyce has guaranteed a disproportionate focus on a match featuring the side which is 157th in the FIFA rankings. The...
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 9, 2016
JFA makes ¥30 million donation to quake-hit Kumamoto Prefecture
The Japan Football Association on Thursday donated over ¥30 million ($295,000) to Kumamoto Prefecture after it has been struck by two massive earthquakes in April, leaving about 50 dead.
SOCCER
Jul 30, 2016
Young Boys may give OK for striker Kubo to play in Olympics: Shimoda
Japan Football Association technical director Masahiro Shimoda said on Friday that there is a possibility that Swiss club Young Boys could release Japan Under-23 striker Yuya Kubo for the Rio Olympics after all.
SOCCER
Jun 30, 2016
Japan, Oman to stage November friendly at Kashima Stadium
Japan will play at Oman in a friendly at Kashima Stadium on Nov. 11, the Japan Football Association announced Thursday.
SOCCER
Jun 23, 2016
Koroki to play for Japan in Rio as overage player
Urawa Reds striker Shinzo Koroki will head to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics as the third and final overage player to be selected, the Japan Football Association announced Thursday.
SOCCER
Jun 14, 2016
Japan names two overage players for Rio Olympic squad
Defenders Tsukasa Shiotani of Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Hiroki Fujiharu of Gamba Osaka were named as two of Japan's three overage players for the Rio Olympics by the Japan Football Association on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 13, 2016
Tanaka sidelined with shoulder injury; Hosoda handed two-week ban
Japan scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka has left the team due to a dislocated right shoulder and is unlikely to play against Scotland this month, the Japan Rugby Football Association announced Monday.
SOCCER
May 19, 2016
JFA to donate ¥25 million to Kumamoto Prefecture
The Japan Football Association said Thursday a revenue of ¥25 million ($227,250) raised from this month's charity match between Japan's Under-23 team and Ghana will be donated to quake-hit Kumamoto Prefecture.
SOCCER
May 12, 2016
East Asian Football Federation to support Kumamoto earthquake relief efforts
The East Asian Football Federation will donate $20,000 to the Kumamoto Football Association to aid recovery efforts following the recent earthquakes that have rocked Kumamoto and surrounding areas in Kyushu, Japan Football Association president Kozo Tashima said Wednesday.
SOCCER
Apr 28, 2016
Japan's European-based standouts not expected to compete in Rio as overage players
Japan will almost certainly not be able to call up European-based stars such as AC Milan's Keisuke Honda and Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo as overage players for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Japan Football Association technical director Masahiro Shimoda said Thursday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 26, 2016
JFA boss Tashima eager to put end to J. League schedule debate
Japan Football Association president Kozo Tashima wants to put an end to the running debate on the potential switch to a fall-spring season for the J. League.
SOCCER
Apr 26, 2016
Japan U-23 squad to face South Africa in June friendly
Japan's under-23 national side will face potential Olympic opponent South Africa in a June 29 friendly in Nagano Prefecture, the Japan Football Association said Tuesday.
SOCCER
Apr 26, 2016
JFA on verge of hiring Takakura as next Nadeshiko Japan coach: sources
The Japan Football Association is poised to name Under-20 women's coach Asako Takakura as the new head coach of the national women's team, Nadeshiko Japan, JFA sources said Tuesday.
SOCCER
Apr 25, 2016
JFA targeting Takakura for Nadeshiko Japan post
The Japan Football Association is poised to ask women's Under-20 head coach Asako Takakura to take over the women's national team, Nadeshiko Japan, following a decision by the JFA Women's Committee on Monday.
SOCCER
Apr 6, 2016
JFA hopes to have Nadeshiko manager in place before friendly against U.S.
New Japan Football Association President Kozo Tashima said Tuesday that the women's national team will need to have a coach in place before June, when Nadeshiko Japan will play a friendly against the United States.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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