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Cagliari Sign Japan Right-Back Sugawara on Season-Long Loan with €5.5m Buy Option

Cagliari will assess the 26-year-old's fit before deciding whether to trigger a €5.5 million purchase clause.

Japan Confirms Moriyasu to Lead Through 2027 Asian Cup and Names Go Oiwa as Successor

Japan Extends Coach Moriyasu for Six Months to Lead Asian Cup Bid

KFA President Resigns After South Korea's Group-Stage World Cup Exit

Japan Likely to Keep Hajime Moriyasu as National Team Coach After World Cup Exit

Zion Suzuki Draws Global Attention as Japan’s World Cup Goalkeeper

Yuto Nagatomo Named to Japan Squad as First Asian Player to Reach Five World Cups

King Kazu Extends Loan With Fukushima United to Play Through June 2027

Takefusa Kubo Undergoes Hospital Tests After Left‑Knee Blow in Japan-Netherlands Match

Zion Suzuki Shines in Japan Goal as World Cup Start Fuels Transfer Talk

Zion Suzuki Becomes Japan’s First-Choice Goalkeeper at the 2026 World Cup

Japan Captain Wataru Endo Withdraws From World Cup and Retires

Japan Replace Injured Captain Endo With Gladbach Forward Machino For World Cup

Dark Horses Take Shape for World Cup 2026

Japan Moves Training Sites Twice in Monterrey After Poor Turf

Japan Calls Up Yuto Nagatomo, 39, for Fifth World Cup

Japan Names 26-Man World Cup Squad as Injuries Sideline Mitoma and Minamino

Japan Weighs Kaoru Mitoma’s World Cup Place After Left Hamstring Injury

Freiburg’s Yuito Suzuki Has Surgery for Broken Collarbone, Season Over

Leeds Revive Pursuit of Sporting Midfielder Hidemasa Morita on a Free Transfer