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Football: Japan jerseys for 2026 World Cup

Japan Football Association President Tsuneyasu Miyamoto poses in front of the press in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2025, as the organization unveils the national team's home jerseys for outfield players (blue) and goalkeepers to be worn at the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The Samurai Blue will wear the new jerseys from a Nov. 14 friendly against Ghana.

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Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi Triggers Severe Flooding, Displacing Thousands 2

Severe flooding has submerged towns and displaced hundreds of thousands as Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines. Rivers overflowed in Cebu and nearby islands, forcing residents onto rooftops while cars and containers were swept through the streets. Local officials said some evacuation centers were inundated, and many survivors of a recent earthquake had to be evacuated again. More than 380,000 people fled their homes across the Visayas, southern Luzon, and northern Mindanao. Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, made landfall late Monday, November 3 with winds of up to 130 kph before moving toward the South China Sea on Tuesday, November 4.

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China: Tourists and Locals Rescue Yaks from Mud Pit in Qinghai

In Qinghai, China, tourists and locals joined forces with an excavator operator to rescue four yaks stuck in deep mud on September 30, 2025. After spotting the trapped animals, the tourists alerted a herdsman and enlisted help from a nearby construction site. Working for nearly an hour, they freed all four yaks safely. The herdsman said the rescue prevented losses of over RMB 40,000.

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Japan: Typhoon Nakri Brings Strong Winds to Southern Izu Islands

Typhoon Nakri made its closest approach to the southern Izu Islands on Monday morning, October 13, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.

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US: Unoccupied Homes in Buxton, NC Collapse Amid Rough Seas From Offshore Hurricanes 2

On Tuesday, September 30, at least five unoccupied oceanfront homes in Buxton, North Carolina, collapsed into the Atlantic due to rough surf driven by offshore hurricanes Humberto and Imelda. Another home fell the following morning, bringing the total to six this week and 18 on Hatteras Island since 2020. No injuries were reported, but authorities closed parts of Cape Hatteras National Seashore due to dangerous debris.

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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China: Typhoon Wutip Darkens Hainan Skies Ahead of Landfall in Hainan

This is the terrifying moment a massive wall of dark clouds engulfed the skies over Hainan as Typhoon Wutip approached southern China. On June 11, 2025, in Hainan, China, video captured thick, menacing clouds rolling in ahead of Typhoon Wutip's landfall. The sky turned eerily dark as the season’s first typhoon neared, creating a heavy, ominous atmosphere. The storm made landfall around 11 p.m. on June 13 along the coast of Dongfang, a city in Hainan, with winds reaching up to 30 meters per second and a central pressure of 980 hPa. Heavy rain swept through southern parts of the island, with some areas experiencing torrential downpours and localized extreme rainfall. According to China National Radio, by June 15, Typhoon Wutip had weakened into a tropical depression after moving inland into Jiangxi Province, and continued to lose strength. The video ends with the storm clouds blanketing the landscape as residents brace for the typhoon’s impact.

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Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 4

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video shows blizzard conditions in the city Otaru, Hokkaido.

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 3

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 2

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Thailand: Overflowing Of Ping River Causes Flooding In Chiang Mai Amid Rainy Season 3

Water levels in the Ping River rose, causing severe flooding across Chiang Mai on September 25 and affecting infrastructure. Small vehicles were stranded on flooded roads, and local shops and stalls were forced to close.

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US: Beryl Causes Widespread Power Outages And Flooding, Leaves Multiple Dead In Texas 4

Beryl has weakened into a tropical storm after making landfall as a category 1 hurricane near Matagorda in Texas, on Monday, July 8, shortly before 4 a.m. local time. The hurricane caused power outages and life-threatening flooding and left multiple dead in Houston and the surrounding areas.

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Football: Japan U-23 members for Paris Olympics

Go Oiwa (L), head coach of Japan's under-23 men's national football team, and Masakuni Yamamoto, national team director of the Japan Football Association, attend a press conference on July 3, 2024, in Tokyo, to announce the squad for the Paris Olympics.

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Football: Ex-Japan captain Miyamoto heads governing body

TOKYO, Japan, March 23 Kyodo -Former Samurai Blue captain Tsuneyasu Miyamoto speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 23, 2024, after assuming the post of Japan Football Association president for a two-year term.(Kyodo)

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Football: Ex-Japan captain Miyamoto heads governing body

New Japan Football Association President Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (L) shakes hands with his predecessor Kozo Tashima during a press conference held in Tokyo on March 23, 2024, to announce the handover of the job to the former Samurai Blue captain.

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Football: Ex-Japan captain Miyamoto heads governing body

Former Samurai Blue captain Tsuneyasu Miyamoto speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 23, 2024, after assuming the post of Japan Football Association president for a two-year term.

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Football: Ex-Japan captain Miyamoto heads governing body

Former Samurai Blue captain Tsuneyasu Miyamoto speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 23, 2024, after assuming the post of Japan Football Association president for a two-year term.

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Departure of Ukrainian Olympic football team to Japan

KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 17, 2024 - Secretary General of the Ukrainian Football Association Ihor Hryshchenko attends the departure ceremony for the Ukrainian U23 Olympic football team for a friendly match against Japan in preparation for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Departure of Ukrainian Olympic football team to Japan

KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 17, 2024 - Secretary General of the Ukrainian Football Association Ihor Hryshchenko, acting Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Matvii Bidnyi and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Kuninori Matsuda (L to R) attend the ceremony to see off the Ukrainian U23 Olympic football team for a friendly match against Japan in preparation for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Departure of Ukrainian Olympic football team to Japan

KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 17, 2024 - President of the Ukrainian Football Association Andrii Shevchenko (L) and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Kuninori Matsuda shake hands during the departure ceremony for the Ukrainian U23 Olympic football team for a friendly match against Japan in preparation for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Departure of Ukrainian Olympic football team to Japan

KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 17, 2024 - President of the Ukrainian Football Association Andrii Shevchenko (L) and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Kuninori Matsuda are seen during the departure ceremony for the Ukrainian U23 Olympic football team for a friendly match against Japan in preparation for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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US: Days-Long Winter Storm Dumps Heavy Snow On Sierra Nevada, Closing Roads, Schools

A days-long winter storm dumped heavy snow on the Sierra Nevada, closing major highways, ski resorts, and schools in parts of California. More than 10 feet of snow and hurricane-force wind gusts of 170 mph-plus were reported.

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the Sierra, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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Football: Japan-N. Korea Olympic qualifier in Saudi

Norio Sasaki, head of the Japan Football Association women's committee, meets the press in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Feb. 20, 2024. He said the national team may play the first leg of their two final Olympic qualifying games against North Korea on Feb. 24 in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah, following the JFA's appeal to the Asian Football Confederation to change the venue from the Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang.

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Football: Japan-N. Korea Olympic qualifier in Saudi

Norio Sasaki, head of the Japan Football Association women's committee, meets the press in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Feb. 20, 2024. He said the national team may play the first leg of their two final Olympic qualifying games against North Korea on Feb. 24 in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah, following the JFA's appeal to the Asian Football Confederation to change the venue from the Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang.

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Football: Japan-N. Korea Olympic qualifier in Saudi

Norio Sasaki (2nd from L), head of the Japan Football Association women's committee, meets the press in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Feb. 20, 2024. He said the national team may play the first leg of their two final Olympic qualifying games against North Korea on Feb. 24 in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah, following the JFA's appeal to the Asian Football Confederation to change the venue from the Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang.

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Football: Japan-N. Korea Olympic qualifier in Saudi

Norio Sasaki, head of the Japan Football Association women's committee, meets the press in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Feb. 20, 2024. He said the national team may play the first leg of their two final Olympic qualifying games against North Korea on Feb. 24 in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah, following the JFA's appeal to the Asian Football Confederation to change the venue from the Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang.

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Football: Japan-N. Korea Olympic qualifier in Saudi

Norio Sasaki (2nd from R), head of the Japan Football Association women's committee, meets the press in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Feb. 20, 2024. He said the national team may play the first leg of their two final Olympic qualifying games against North Korea on Feb. 24 in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah, following the JFA's appeal to the Asian Football Confederation to change the venue from the Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang.

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Football: Japan-N. Korea Olympic qualifier in Saudi

Norio Sasaki, head of the Japan Football Association women's committee, meets the press in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Feb. 20, 2024. He said the national team may play the first leg of their two final Olympic qualifying games against North Korea on Feb. 24 in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah, following the JFA's appeal to the Asian Football Confederation to change the venue from the Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang.

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[Breaking News]Nadeshiko Japan's Paris Olympic q'fier against N. Korea

CHIBA, Japan Kyodo - Japan Football Association Women's Committee Chairperson Norio Sasaki speaks during a press conference in Chiba near Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2024, ahead of Nadeshiko Japan's Paris Olympics qualifier against North Korea. The venue for the first part of a two-legged tie against North Korea is yet to be decided after Japan conveyed its concerns to the Asian Football Confederation about facing North Korea in Pyongyang as originally scheduled. (Kyodo)

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Nadeshiko Japan's Paris Olympic q'fier against N. Korea

Japan Football Association Women's Committee Chairperson Norio Sasaki speaks during a press conference in Chiba near Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2024, ahead of Nadeshiko Japan's Paris Olympics qualifier against North Korea. The venue for the first part of a two-legged tie against North Korea is yet to be decided after Japan conveyed its concerns to the Asian Football Confederation about facing North Korea in Pyongyang as originally scheduled.

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Nadeshiko Japan's Paris Olympic q'fier against N. Korea

Japan Football Association Women's Committee Chairperson Norio Sasaki speaks during a press conference in Chiba near Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2024, ahead of Nadeshiko Japan's Paris Olympics qualifier against North Korea. The venue for the first part of a two-legged tie against North Korea is yet to be decided after Japan conveyed its concerns to the Asian Football Confederation about facing North Korea in Pyongyang as originally scheduled.

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Order of Culture award ceremony

Former Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi (C, R) receives the prestigious Order of Culture medal from Emperor Naruhito during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Soccer: Moriyasu stays on as Japan manager after World Cup run

The Japan Football Association retained Hajime Moriyasu as men's national team manager Wednesday after he led them to the round of 16 at this year's World Cup in Qatar after topping their tough group. The 54-year-old becomes the first manager to remain in the post following a World Cup since Japan's 1998 debut in France and will be tasked with steering the Samurai Blue toward the 2026 World Cup, to be co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. "I'm extremely honored while also bracing myself for the difficult mission ahead and the weight of responsibility that comes with the job,

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Prelim round for 2018 soccer World Cup to start in June

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniya Daini (C), president of the Japan Football Association, and other senior JFA officials pose in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2014, on the occasion of the association's announcement that the elimination round for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia will start in June.

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Zaccheroni meets press in Itu, Brazil

ITU, Brazil - Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni (L) explains to reporters his decision on June 22, 2014, to give the players on the national football team for the World Cup a day off in Itu, Brazil. Hiromi Hara, general secretary of the Japan Football Association, stands next to him.

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Soccer: Kagawa suffers dislocated shoulder

TOKYO, Japan, June 8 Kyodo - Japan's Shinji Kagawa (C) and Mahmoud Al Mawas (R) of Syria vie for the ball during the first half of their 1-1 draw in a friendly at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo on June 8, 2017. Kagawa dislocated his shoulder, the Japan Football Association said the next day.

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Future sports business leaders gather for J-League class

TOKYO, May 21 Kyodo - Future sports business leaders pose with J-League Chairman Mitsuru Murai (R, front row) at the Japan Football Association in Tokyo on May 9, 2015. The occasion was the inauguration of a class titled "J-League Human Capital" to nurture future leaders in soccer and other sports businesses.

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Aguirre to explain himself at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Hara, secretary general of the Japan Football Association, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2014, after a meeting of its board of trustees. The association revealed at the meeting that Japan manager Javier Aguirre will hold a press conference to offer an explanation regarding match-fixing charges that have been leveled at him in Spain.

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Japan keep coach Aguirre for Asian Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Hara (L), general secretary of the Japan Football Association, and JFA President Kuniya Daini attend a JAF executive meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2014. The JFA decided that national team coach Javier Aguirre would remain in charge for the Jan. 9-31 Asian Cup despite his alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal in Spain.

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Japan keep coach Aguirre for Asian Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Hara, general secretary of the Japan Football Association, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2014. Hara said the JFA decided that national team coach Javier Aguirre would remain in charge for the Jan. 9 to 31 Asian Cup despite his alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal in Spain.

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JFA braces as Aguirre named in Spanish match-fixing complaint

TOKYO, Japan - Kazutake Nishizawa, media officer of the Japan Football Association, meets the press in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Dec. 16, 2014, after Japan manager Javier Aguirre was named by Spain's anticorruption prosecutor for alleged match fixing in a 2011 game in the country's top-flight soccer league. Nishizawa said the JFA will undertake information gathering on its own.

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COO of 2015 AFC Asian Cup LOC, JFA deputy president hold cup

TOKYO, Japan - Mark Falvo (L), chief operating officer of the local organizing committee of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, and Kozo Tashima, vice president of the Japan Football Association, hold the cup in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2014.

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Top JFA officials watch RoboCup-winning soccer robot

CHIBA, Japan - Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini (R) and supreme adviser Saburo Kawabuchi pose with a soccer robot in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2014. The Chiba Institute of Technology's humanoid robot team won this year's RoboCup world soccer event in Brazil.

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Japan to bid for host of 2020 Futsal World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Governor Hideaki Omura (R) of Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, submits a proposal to host the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup to Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Japan, Iran soccer associations ink cooperation accord

TEHRAN, Iran - Kuniya Daini (L), president of the Japan Football Association, and his Iranian counterpart Ali Kafashian exchange documents signed by them in Tehran on Aug. 12, 2014, to promote cooperation between the two bodies.

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Japan, Iran soccer associations to promote cooperation

TEHRAN, Iran - Kuniya Daini (L), president of the Japan Football Association, and his Iranian counterpart Ali Kafashian exchange the uniforms of each other's national team, with their names displayed on them, in Tehran on Aug. 12, 2014, after signing an agreement to promote cooperation between the two bodies.

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New Japan national soccer coach Aguirre meets press

TOKYO, Japan - New coach Javier Aguirre (C) of Japan's national soccer team, a former Mexico manager, poses with Japan Football Association Chairman Kuniya Daini (R) and JFA technical director Hiromi Hara at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2014.

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Japan soccer body plans to reschedule domestic games

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Hara (2nd from R), general secretary and technical director of the Japan Football Association, announces a plan to review the schedule of domestic games at a press conference in Tokyo on July 31, 2014.