A loss to Saudi Arabia exacerbates Samurai Blue’s challenge of qualifying for next year’s tournament in Qatar.
The Japan Football Association on Monday pulled out of the running for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, three days before the scheduled announcement. ...
A new year has dawned, but the success of the 2019 Rugby World Cup is still fresh in the minds of Japanese sports fans. The...
As 2019 comes to a close, we at JAPAN Forward are reflecting on the stories that moved Japan this year, and the stories our readers...
“It would be a waste not to host a Rugby World Cup again. We aim to realize another RWC in Japan within the next 20...
After 44-days of Rugby World Cup fever in Japan, South Africa takes it all in a grueling 80-minute game over England 32-12. On Twitter, we look...
The Rugby World Cup action in Japan will have drawn to a close with the championship match between England and South Africa on Saturday, November...
The 2009 movie Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood, told the inspiring story of how former South African president Nelson Mandela rallied the support of a...
The Japanese started playing rugby in the late 1890s, just a few decades after the foundation of the Rugby Union in England and the formalization of...
Author: Galileo Ferrari TOYOTA, AICHI - The Brave Blossoms played their third match against Samoa (15th in world rankings) at The City of Toyota Stadium...
Just how seriously do fans take rugby? Pretty seriously, we can say, if the spike in bookings to Japan from countries with rugby teams over...
Visiting teams and their supporters who have come to Japan for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, to their surprise and delight, are being welcomed by...