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Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Japanese players perform the national anthem in sign language ahead of a men's football group-stage match against Australia at the Tokyo Deaflympics at the J-Village football training center in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2025.

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Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Japanese players perform the national anthem in sign language ahead of a men's football group-stage match against Australia at the Tokyo Deaflympics at the J-Village football training center in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2025.

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Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Players compete in a men's football group-stage match between Japan and Australia at the Tokyo Deaflympics at the J-Village football training center in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2025.

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Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Players compete in a men's football group-stage match between Japan and Australia at the Tokyo Deaflympics at the J-Village football training center in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2025.

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Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Performers participate in a ceremony ahead of a men's football group-stage match between Japan and Australia at the Tokyo Deaflympics at the J-Village football training center in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2025.

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Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori addresses a ceremony in sign language ahead of a men's football group-stage match between Japan and Australia at the Tokyo Deaflympics at the J-Village football training center in the northeastern Japan prefecture on Nov. 14, 2025.

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Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori addresses a ceremony in sign language ahead of a men's football group-stage match between Japan and Australia at the Tokyo Deaflympics at the J-Village football training center in the northeastern Japan prefecture on Nov. 14, 2025.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

NARAHA, Japan, March 25 Kyodo - Members of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning Japan soccer team run at the start of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on March 25, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

NARAHA, Japan, March 25 Kyodo - Azusa Iwashimizu (L), a member of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning Japan soccer team, lights the Tokyo Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on March 25, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

NARAHA, Japan, March 25 Kyodo - Members of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning Japan soccer team run at the start of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on March 25, 2021.

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Man Utd legend Charlton

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton stands at the stadium of the J-Village soccer facility in Hirono, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 11, 2013. Charlton named the J-Village more than 10 years ago. After the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, the facility turned it into an operational base to tackle the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Leak in Fukushima plant tank

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose holds a press conference at the J-Village outpost in Fukushima Prefecture on May 16, 2013. The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex said that around 20 liters of radioactive water escaped from the first of three underground water tanks found to have leaked at the plant, much smaller than the earlier estimate of 120 tons.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

NARAHA, Japan - A March 1, 2013 photo shows workers waiting at the J-Village outpost in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, for vehicles to carry them to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in the northeastern Japan prefecture. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Abe inspects Fukushima Daiichi plant

NARAHA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) visits J Village, where the Fukushima nuclear crisis response center is located, in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 29, 2012, ahead of inspecting the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant later in the day. (Pool photo)

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Abe inspects Fukushima Daiichi plant

NARAHA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) meets a worker at J Village, where the Fukushima nuclear crisis response center is located, in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 29, 2012, ahead of inspecting the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant later in the day. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO Fukushima office

NATORI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 29, 2012, shows the J-Village soccer training center straddling the towns of Naraha and Hirono in Fukushima Prefecture. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the same day it will set up its Fukushima headquarters at J-Village, which has been used as a base for operations to handle with the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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Soccer facility made base for work at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - People walk into a hotel at the soccer training facility J Village in Fukushima Prefecture on April 21, 2011. J Village was made into a base of work to put the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control. The facility, approximately 20 kilometers south of the plant, was built in 1997 by the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. at a cost of 13 billion yen and was donated to the prefecture.

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Soccer facility made base for work at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on April 21, 2011, shows a supply storage set up at the soccer training facility J Village in Fukushima Prefecture, approximately 20 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. J Village was made into a base of work to put the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control. The facility was built in 1997 by the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. at a cost of 13 billion yen and was donated to the prefecture.

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Soccer facility made base for work at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on April 21, 2011, shows an artificial turf field of the soccer training facility J Village in Fukushima Prefecture which was turned into a waste depository. J Village was made into a base of work to put the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control. The facility, approximately 20 kilometers south of the plant, was built in 1997 by the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. at a cost of 13 billion yen and was donated to the prefecture.

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Soccer facility made base for work at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on April 21, 2011, shows a radiation decontamination area for vehicles set up at the soccer training facility J Village in Fukushima Prefecture, approximately 20 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The area which used to be part of a grass field is now a coated surface site as J Village was made into a base of work to put the plant under control. The facility was built in 1997 by the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. at a cost of 13 billion yen and was donated to the prefecture.

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Soccer facility made base for work at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on April 21, 2011, shows a grass field at the soccer training facility J Village in Fukushima Prefecture. The field was turned into a parking area and heliport as J Village was made into a base of work to put the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control. The facility, approximately 20 kilometers south of the plant, was built in 1997 by the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. at a cost of 13 billion yen and was donated to the prefecture.

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Soccer facility made base for work at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - The lobby of a hotel in the soccer training facility J Village in Fukushima Prefecture is crowded with people who engage in work at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on April 21, 2011. The facility has been used as a base for work to put the plant under control. The facility, approximately 20 kilometers south of the plant, was built in 1997 by the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. at a cost of 13 billion yen and was donated to the prefecture.

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Zico's Japan head to World Cup in high spirits

NARAHA, Japan - Japan forward Naohiro Takahara shoots during a practice match at J-Village Stadium in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, May 24. The Japanese team concluded a weeklong training camp the same day ahead of tune-ups for the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.

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Zico's Japan head to World Cup in high spirits

NARAHA, Japan - Japan forward Atsushi Yanagisawa in action during a practice match at J-Village Stadium in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, May 24. The Japanese team concluded a weeklong training camp the same day ahead of tune-ups for the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.

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Japan team practices ahead of World Cup finals

NARAHA, Japan - Japan coach Zico practices with members of his team at the J-Village facilities on May 23 in Naraha, north of Tokyo.

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Japan plays warm-up match at training camp

NARAHA, Japan - Japan striker Seiichiro Maki attempts a header in a warm-up match against a local high school soccer club during the team's pre-World Cup training camp at J-Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 22.

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Japan plays warm-up match at training camp

NARAHA, Japan - Japan coach Zico watches his men play in a warm-up match against a local high school soccer club during their pre-World Cup training camp at J-Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 22.

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Japan plays warm-up match at training camp

NARAHA, Japan - (from L to R) Japan defender Keisuke Tsuboi, midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata and striker Atsushi Yanagisawa play in a warm-up match against a local high school soccer club during their pre-World Cup training camp at J-Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 22.

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Japan plays warm-up match at training camp

NARAHA, Japan - Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura and striker Atsushi Yanagisawa are in action in a warm-up match against a local high school soccer club during their pre-World Cup training camp at J-Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 22.

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Japan striker Yanagisawa ready for Germany

NARAHA, Japan - Japan striker Atsushi Yanagisawa strikes a shot during his first match in two months at the national squad's pre-World Cup training camp at J-Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 22. Yanagisawa said later, ''It was the first time I've played in a match for quite some time and there were no problems at all. I'm very happy with the way things went today.''

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Japan striker Yanagisawa ready for Germany

NARAHA, Japan - Japan striker Atsushi Yanagisawa (R) plays in his first match in two months during the national team's training camp at J-Village, Fukushima `Prefecture, on May 22. He declared himself fit to play in next month's World Cup finals in Germany.

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Record crowd watches Japan team training

NARAHA, Japan - Japan coach Zico gives instructions during a training session for his team at the J-Village facilities May 20 in Naraha, north of Tokyo.

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Record crowd watches Japan team training

NARAHA, Japan - Japan midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata (C) practices with teammates May 20 as a record 13,000 people packed the J-Village facilities in Naraha to watch the Japanese national team train before leaving for Germany.

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Record crowd watches Japan team training

NARAHA, Japan - Soccer fans at the J-Village facilities in Naraha, north of Tokyo, extend their hands through fences May 20 to Japan striker Masashi Oguro.

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Zico's men at training camp

NARAHA, Japan - Goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi practices at Japan's pre-World Cup training camp at J-Village in Fukushima Prefecture on May 19.

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Zico's men at training camp

NARAHA, Japan - Japan playmaker Shunsuke Nakamura dribbles a ball as his boss watches at their training camp at J-Village in Fukushima Prefecture on May 19.

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Zico's men at training camp

NARAHA, Japan - Japan striker Atsushi Yanagisawa (far left), midfielder Shinji Ono (C) and defender Yuji Nakazawa practice with balls at their training camp at J-Village in Fukushima Prefecture on May 19.

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Zico's men at training camp

NARAHA, Japan - Goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi practices at Japan's pre-World Cup training camp at J-Village in Fukushima Prefecture on May 19.

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Japanese squad at training camp

NARAHA, Japan - Members of the Japanese national soccer team hold a training session at the J-Village in Naraha, Fukuima Prefecture, on May 19 before the World Cup finals in Germany.

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Japanese squad at training camp

NARAHA, Japan - Japan striker Seiichiro Maki (R) and midfielder Shinji Ono run side by side during their training camp at J-Village in the town of Naraha, Fukuima Prefecture, on May 18.

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Japanese squad at training camp

NARAHA, Japan - Japan coach Zico and midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata chat during their training camp at J-Village in the town of Naraha, Fukuima Prefecture, on May 18.

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Japan begin final training camp for World Cup finals

NARAHA, Japan - (From L to R) Japan midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata, defender Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, midfieder Shinji Ono, defender Alessandro Santos and defender Yuji Nakazawa get in some jogging at the J-Village in the town of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 18 during their final training camp for the World Cup finals in Germany.

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Japan begin final training camp for World Cup finals

NARAHA, Japan - Japan forward Atsushi Yanagisawa (L), midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura (C) and defender Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (R) warm up at the J-Village in the town of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 18 as the Japanese team began their final training camp for the World Cup finals in Germany.

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Japan begin final training camp for World Cup finals

NARAHA, Japan - Japan midfielder Shinji Ono (L) and Hidetoshi Nakata smile during a warm-up at the J-Village in the town of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 18 as the Japanese team began their final training camp for the World Cup finals in Germany.

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Komano, Tamada arrive at camp

NARAHA, Japan - Japan defender Yuichi Komano (fore) and striker Keiji Tamada are greeted by fans as they arrive at the J-Village on May 17 for their final training camp before departing for the World Cup finals in Germany.

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Japan begin final training camp for World Cup finals

NARAHA, Japan - Japan coach Zico (3rd from L) talks to players at the J-Village in the town of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 18 before starting their final training camp for the World Cup finals in Germany.

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Fukunishi, Narazaki arrive at camp

NARAHA, Japan - Japan midfielder Takashi Fukunishi (R) and goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki are greeted by fans as they arrive at the J-Village on May 17 for their final training camp before departing for the World Cup finals in Germany.

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Inamoto arrives at camp

NARAHA, Japan - Japan midfielder Junichi Inamoto is greeted by fans as he arrives at the J-Village on May 17 for his final training camp before departing for the World Cup finals in Germany.

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Zico arrives at camp

NARAHA, Japan - Japan coach Zico arrives at the J-Village with his men on May 17 for their final training camp before departing for the World Cup finals in Germany. The Asian champions have friendlies lined up against the host nation and Malta before they play Australia in Kaiserslautern in their Group F opener on June 12.

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Maki steals spotlight as Japan arrive at camp

NARAHA, Japan - Funs shout their cheers as Japan striker Seiichiro Maki (R) and goal keeper Yoichi Doi arrive at the J-Village on May 17 for their final training camp before departing for the World Cup finals in Germany. Many fans wearing national team colors screamed Maki's name as a crowd of around 500 greeted the national team at the training facilities in Fukushima Prefecture.