Japan 0-1 Uzbekistan

Japan lost its final third round World Cup Qualifier to Uzbekistan on Wednesday. Alexandr Shadrin scored the only goal in the 53rd...

Japanese Players In Europe

Shinji Okazaki scored for the third league match in a row, as Stuttgart beat Freiburg 4-1. Okazaki got on the end...

Japan Squad to Face Uzbekistan

The team to play Uzbekistan on Wednesday has been announced. Unlike the Iceland friendly, this match is on a FIFA date...

Japan 3-1 Iceland

A good win to start off the 2012 international calendar. Japan dominated throughout and went up 3-0 before Iceland pulled one...

Japan Plays Iceland

Apparently Japan has a friendly with Iceland this Friday. Since it’s not a FIFA international day, the team will be comprised...

Japanese Players in Europe

Despite Shinji Kagawa’s injury, this was a very good weekend for Japanese footballers in Europe. The star was Ryo Miyaichi who scored his...

Japanese Players in Europe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkQDouj-Jmg&feature=player_embedded Borussia Dortmund maintained its two-point lead atop the Bundesliga with a 1-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen. The match was settled...

Mike Havenaar Scores His First Eredivisie Goal

Mike Havenaar made the switch from J. League to Eredivise this winter, moving to Vitesse Arnhem. Last week he came off...

Award Winners

Here are the winners of the three Japan Footblog Player of the Year awards. Shinji Kagawa is the winner of the Japanese Player...

Goal of the Year

Surprise, surprise. There were no other nominees for this award. Tadanari Lee’s 109th minute, Asian Cup winning volley is the 2011...