Japan head coach Jamie Joseph on Monday named captain Michael Leitch, fullback/wing Kotaro Matsushima and No. 8 Kazuki Himeno among 36 players for their two-match European...
Hiroki Yuhara, a former member of the Japan national side and the Toshiba Brave Lupus forwards coach, died at the age of 36 on Monday, the...
Japan international Kotaro Matsushima said Sunday that French Top 14 side Clermont are the best fit for his style of rugby, as the team introduced him...
The Panasonic Wild Knights officially bid farewell Monday to veteran New Zealand lock Sam Whitelock and South African center Damien de Allende as part of an...
Reigning champions Yokohama F Marinos will face the Urawa Reds at Saitama Stadium when the J-League first division resumes following a roughly four-month break on July...
Kenki Fukuoka, who starred for Japan at last autumn’s Rugby World Cup, said Sunday he won’t compete in next year’s postponed Tokyo Olympics in order to...
Japanese Rugby World Cup star Kenki Fukuoka will give priority to pursuing a medical career and abandon his bid to play sevens at the Tokyo Olympic...
Michael Leitch, Japan’s captain at the last two Rugby World Cups, on Friday urged people to act responsibly and defeat the current coronavirus pandemic as one...
Reigning world champion Tomoa Narasaki had been confident of winning an Olympic sport climbing gold medal this summer, but with the games now postponed until 2021,...
SAPPORO–When Michael Leitch played for his high school rugby team here, his coach made him a promise. While Leitch kept up his end of the bargain,...
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