Argentina booked their place in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals with victory over Japan in Nantes. Mateo Carreras was the star in a captivating, winner-takes-all Pool D encounter, with the dynamite ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese fans celebrated their team's stunning upset of Ireland at the Rugby World Cup with everyone from the prime minister to rivals paying tribute to the historic win. A day after the ...

TOKYO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Japanese captivated by their Brave Blossoms rugby team's historic run to the World Cup quarter finals are now suffering a new form of bereavement - "rugby loss" - after their ...

KAMAISHI, Japan — Japan opened a new stadium last Sunday for the 2019 Rugby World Cup on the site of a school that was destroyed by a devastating tsunami in 2011. Two Japanese teams faced off in a ...

TOKYO, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The Rugby World Cup's power to bring people together was abundantly clear on Thursday as Japanese and Russian fans sang songs and competed in drinking games in a small Tokyo ...

As the dust settles on England's disastrous first-round exit from their own Rugby World Cup, fans may be tempted to switch the English rose for the Japanese cherry blossom and join the record number ...

In the sport of rugby union, there are many teams I have respect for. I have respect for the Wallabies because of their consistency. The All Blacks' haka and fluid play have made their a favorite ...