Japan will stick with coach Javier Aguirre for next month's Asian Cup, despite the former Mexico coach being involved in a match-fixing scandal which has rocked world football.... more »
Japan boss Javier Aguirre opted for caution on Monday as he named his 23-man Asian Cup squad, abandoning the tinkering approach that brought a premature end to his honeymoon period as coach.... more »
Japan's football chief admitted Saturday that they wouldn't have hired Javier Aguirre as manager of the national team if they had been aware of the match-fixing scandal currently engulfing the former Mexico coach.... more »
Asian champions Japan have been awarded a 3-0 win over Venezuela after the South Americans were found to have fielded an ineligible player during their friendly in September.... more »
Japan striker Shinji Okazaki scored with a swashbuckling backheel as the Asian champions beat fierce rivals Australia 2-1 in a friendly on Tuesday.... more »
Talisman Keisuke Honda provided the thrust as Japan overpowered Honduras 6-0 on Friday to relieve some of the pressure on coach Javier Aguirre.... more »
Just three months into the job, Japan coach Javier Aguirre finds himself under intense scrutiny as the Blue Samurai lurch from one stuttering performance to the next in the run-up to the Asian Cup in January.... more »
Barcelona superstar Neymar thumped four goals past Japan in a spectacular solo performance as Brazil hammered the Asian champions 4-0 in Singapore on Tuesday.... more »
Japan boss Javier Aguirre hit back on Monday at claims his team lack passion as the Blue Samurai plot to become the first side to score against Dunga's new-look Brazil.... more »
Javier Aguirre scraped his first win in three games as Japan coach, after an own goal by Jamaica gave the Asian champions a 1-0 victory at home on Friday.... more »
Japan's new coach Javier Aguirre called up Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa on Wednesday for friendlies against Jamaica and Brazil this month, in his first international duty since leaving Manchester United.... more »
South Korea captain Jang Hyun-Soo converted a penalty two minutes from time Sunday to beat arch-rivals Japan and secure a place in the Asian Games semi-finals.... more »
South Korea face bitter rivals Japan anxious to avoid the dreaded "toffee punishment" in a politically-charged headline game in the Asian Games football quarter-finals on Sunday.... more »
Australia and Japan will round out preparations for next year's Asian Cup with a re-match of their 2011 final in November, Football Federation Australia said Thursday.... more »
Edinson Cavani set Uruguay on their way to a comfortable 2-0 win over Japan on Friday as Mexican Javier Aguirre endured a painful first game in charge of the Asian champions.... more »
Japan's World Cup captain Makoto Hasebe has pulled out of Friday's home friendly against Uruguay because of a knee injury, officials said on Thursday.... more »
Japan coach Javier Aguirre declared Thursday the reigning Asian champions were "starting from zero" as he named his first squad for next month's friendlies against Uruguay and Venezuela with playmaker Shinji Kagawa the most notable absentee.... more »
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