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August 15, 2026
 

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Japan's starting 11 poses before the match against Australia at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston on Feb. 20, 2025.
SOCCER
Feb 11, 2026
Former Australia midfielder Blayney plots Â鶹´«Ã½ path to Asian Cup
Leah Blayney, who won 16 caps for Australia and coached national junior teams, ?joined Japan last year as an assistant.
Sam Kerr was found not guilty of racially aggravated abuse last month in a case stemming from a 2023 incident.
SOCCER
Mar 31, 2025
Australia open door for Kerr¡¯s return as Matildas captain
Kerr has not played soccer?in over a year after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Australia forward Sam Kerr celebrates scoring her team's first goal during the 2023 Women's World Cup semifinal soccer match between Australia and England in Sydney on Aug. 16.
SOCCER
Mar 5, 2024
Soccer star Kerr charged with ¡®racially aggravated offense¡¯
The charges and an injury cast a shadow over Kerr¡¯s hopes of playing for Australia at the Paris Olympics
Australia's Matildas huddle after the third-place final of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Brisbane on Saturday.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Aug 20, 2023
Australia and Sweden turn attention to Olympics after World Cup run
The two teams face challenging qualifying groups later this year as they aim to secure their berths in the Paris 2024 women¡¯s soccer tournament.
Australia captain Sam Kerr vowed that her team would be ready to face Sweden in the third-place match at the Women's World Cup on Saturday.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Aug 17, 2023
Australia faces quick turnaround ahead of third-place match
¡°We have to pick ourselves up and go again,¡± Australia captain Sam Kerr said. ¡°And we¡¯re going to do everything to win third place.¡±
Australia's Sam Kerr says women's soccer needs more funding in the future.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Aug 17, 2023
Sam Kerr says Australia¡¯s run at Women¡¯s World Cup inspired nation
The talismanic striker scored a stunning goal to even the score for the home team in Sydney before England pulled away.
England's Alessia Russo celebrates after scoring her team's third goal against Australia during the Women's World Cup semifinals in Sydney on Wednesday.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Aug 17, 2023
England beats Australia to reach first Women¡¯s World Cup final
Sam Kerr¡¯s wondrous second-half strike was not enough to lift co-host Australia into the Women¡¯s World Cup final.
Australia captain Sam Kerr (center) is expected to play a larger role for her team during its Women's World Cup semifinal against England on Wednesday.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Aug 14, 2023
Australia and England set for blockbuster Women¡¯s World Cup semifinal
Australia and England have clashed in a variety of sports over the years and will meet in the Women¡¯s World Cup semifinals on Wednesday.
Australia's Matildas celebrate their shootout win over France in the quarterfinals of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Brisbane on Saturday.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Aug 13, 2023
Tony Gustavsson hails game-changing Matildas after historic win
Record-breaking television and streaming figures ¡ª plus blanket coverage in the nation¡¯s newspapers ¡ª greeted Saturday¡¯s shootout win over France.
Australia's Sam Kerr (left) and head coach Tony Gustavsson celebrate after progressing to the quarterfinals of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney on Monday.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Aug 8, 2023
Sam Kerr returns as Australia downs Denmark to reach quarters
Kerr, who has been absent with a calf injury, came on as a 78th-minute substitute to the biggest roar of the night from the crowd of 75,784.
Australian players celebrate after a goal by Haley Raso (second from left) against Canada, during their Group B match at the Women's World Cup in Melbourne on July 31.
SOCCER
Aug 5, 2023
Women¡¯s World Cup on pace to smash attendance records
So far, more than 1.2 million fans have passed through the turnstiles, and organizers now expect that figure to rise to 1.9 million.
France's Eugenie Le Sommer (second from right) celebrates scoring the team's first goal against Brazil during their 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup group-stage game in Brisbane, Australia, on Saturday.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Jul 30, 2023
France leaves it late to reboot WWC hopes as Jamaica make history
France captain Wendie Renard headed in the winner seven minutes from time to earn a vital three points and leave Brazil¡¯s World Cup in peril.
Japan Times
SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Sep 7, 2022
Tony Gustavsson wants challenging World Cup prep for Matildas
The Matildas lost a second game in four days against Canada at Sydney Football Stadium on Tuesday, heaping more pressure on the Swedish coach little more 10 months out from the tournament.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 29, 2020
Swede Tony Gustavsson named head coach of Australia¡¯s Matildas
Tony Gustavsson, who helped the United States win back-to-back Women¡¯s World Cups, has been appointed coach of Australia¡¯s women¡¯s soccer team, Football Federation Australia announced on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 19, 2020
Matildas head coach Ante Milicic steps down due to Olympics delay
Australia women's soccer coach Ante Milicic has stepped down from his role because of the delay of the Tokyo Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Football Federation Australia said on Sunday.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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