Keisuke Honda

FIFA World Cup 2018: Japan midfielder Takashi Inui rues missed opportunity to ensure qualification against Senegal

Japan midfielder Takashi Inui rues missed opportunities in the 2-2 draw against Senegal, in spite of scoring and assisting. A win in the match would have meant qualification for Japan.

FIFA World Cup 2018: Substitute Keisuke Honda salvages 2-2 draw for Japan against Senegal with late strike

Keisuke Honda came off the bench to salvage a 2-2 draw for Japan against Senegal, as both teams were locked at the top of Group H following an entertaining encounter on Sunday.

International friendlies: Neymar scores penalty, misses another as Brazil beat Japan

Neymar scored a penalty and missed another as Brazil signalled their intent ahead of next year's World Cup by outclassing Japan 3-1

World Cup qualifiers: Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda hoping to be hero again in Australia showdown

Keisuke Honda is out to be a hero again for Japan against Australia in Thursday's crunch World Cup qualifier while South Korea will hope to secure a berth in Russia next year.

Japan: The team and the stars

Here's Japan's squad for the FIFA World Cup 2014 and five players to watch out for.

World Cup 2014: Japan is not intimidated by any team, says Honda

Veteran coach Alberto Zaccheroni was hired to take Japan to the next level and, after what many supporters perceive as a favorable draw in a group with Ivory Coast, Greece and Colombia, expectations for the team progressing further than they did four years ago are high.

Japan becomes first Asian country to qualify for Brazil 2014

The 62,000-plus crowd at Saitama stadium survived anxious moments before playmaker Keisuke Honda converted an injury-time penalty.