Many go on to the professional game and play for their country with current Japan stars such as Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate ...

Japan's national high school football tournament is thriving ... final in front of tens of thousands at the National Stadium in Tokyo. Matches are a massive occasion for the whole school as ...

while that for high schools was October, according to a survey by the Japan School Tours Bureau, a nonprofit private organization. Many schools decide timing of their trips based on annual academic ...

The number of public school teachers in Japan punished for sex-related offences in its most recent fiscal year rose to 320, a ...

The national high school tournament was first played in 1917, long before professional football came to Japan with the J. League in 1993. Teams from each of Japan's 47 prefectures, with two from Tokyo ...