Follow for live updates from Japan's World Cup opener vs. Netherlands! ARLINGTON, TX — The three Japan goalkeepers came onto the field and bowed to the cheering fans at Arlington Stadium, with starter Zion Suzuki waving to the crowd before beginning to work on goal kicks in the opening warm-ups.

Japan and the Netherlands traded goals as a promising Group F opener to the 2026 World Cup delivered the goods and then some from Dallas Stadium in Texas.

Nobody can predict how the 48 teams will do at the FIFA World Cup this summer, but if you wanted to gamble on Japan being the tidiest team, you’d surely clean up at the bookies. Thanks to a societal expectation of all Japanese people,

Dallas Stadium was among the last venues to experience its first 2026 World Cup match, heightening the suspense entering Sunday.

In the U.S. the percentage of obese adults is about ten times what it is in Japan. What differentiates the Japanese diet, and how are schools making it their mission to give Japanese children a taste of a healthy life?

LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - Britain and Japan are set to agree investment and technology partnerships worth more than £18 billion ($24 billion), expected to create tens of thousands of jobs, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi on Sunday.

FIFA World Cup 2026: Japan supporters cleaned the Dallas Stadium stands after their 2-2 World Cup draw with the Netherlands. The gesture went viral again and highlighted a long-running culture of the Blue Samurai fans.

Japan has announced plans to revive its LNG carrier construction industry by 2035 and is pursuing technological cooperation with South Korea. The Japanese government views securing energy transport capabilities as critical to energy security and is promoting the revival of domestic LNG carrier construction at the government level.