23 match at the Rugby World Cup in France. But the play could have easily occurred in Kanagawa Prefecture. De Klerk and Kriel are also teammates on the Yokohama Canon Eagles in Japan’s League One.

WELLINGTON--Japan’s new-look professional rugby competition will launch next month with bold ambitions to win not only a domestic but a global audience, to attract the world’s best players and ...

The 2019 Rugby World Cup is taking place across 12 venues as Japan becomes the first Asian country to host the competition. The opening ceremony and first match took place at Tokyo stadium. Here's ...

ENGLAND have ended their torrid run of form against Japan, beating them 59-14 at Twickenham. Steve Borthwick's side scored nine tries on a comfortable afternoon of rugby to put an end to England's ...

In 2016, the nation set a target to welcome 40 million visitors in 2020, an achievement that would mean Japan doubles its 2015 arrivals level in just five years. In August, before the Rugby World ...

This decision comes after Lee Seung-sin's injury and the omission of Rikiya Matsuda, who was a key player in the previous ...

Adult magazines will disappear from thousands of stores across Japan as ... The Rugby World Cup takes place in September, while the Tokyo Olympics will start in July 2020.

It's charming everyone from shrieking schoolkids to professional rugby players, but Japan's newest all-weather sport is anything but good clean fun. This is tambo rugby - where teams splash and ...

Tokyo, 20 November 2017 – The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), the Rugby World Cup ... and cultural activities in Japan, spur the economy and help ...