Ritsu Doan and Takefusa Kubo will not be on Japan’s squad for this month’s World Cup qualifiers against Vietnam and Oman as the two continue to recover from injury. Doan hurt his knee during ...

Japan’s particular run through Group E to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup seems to have surprised everyone—but not super-sub Ritsu ... soccer world. After the victory over Spain ...

Japan football international Keito Nakamura equalized in the 56th minute to secure Reims a share of the points in a 1-1 draw ...

In that game against Vietnam, it was rather surprising that neither Ritsu Doan nor Takefusa Kubo started. But now they have been given their opportunity, the two Europe-based stars are exerting ...