Seattle Reign FC has signed Japanese international forward Nahomi “Naho” Kawasumi. Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Naho is expected to arrive in Seattle within the next ten days. She returns to Seattle after spending the 2015 and part of the 2016 seasons playing for INAC Kobe Leonessa, who loaned Kawasumi to Reign FC in 2014…
Takashi Matsunaga, Associate Director, International Relations Department, Japan Football Association The Japan Foundation is partnering with the Japan Football Association (JFA) to promote programs for the purpose of exchange among a broad range of people through football, as well as exchange among and cultivation of various people who support football culture…
Japanese fans who watched their national team be defeated by the Ivory Coast in the Fifa World Cup on Saturday showed it is possible to lose graciously, when they stayed behind after the match to help clean up. Despite seeing the Blue Samurais lose 2-1 against Didier Drogba s team at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Japanese spectators armed with bin liners patrolled…