Kunishige Kamamoto was the Hidetoshi Nakata or the Kazu Miura of his day. That day was Oct. 24, 1968, when he scored two goals against host country Mexico to earn Japan the soccer bronze medal at ...

Some say that the best Japanese player of all time is Kunishige Kamamoto and he takes some beating in terms of all-round ability. Not only did the top scorer at the 1968 Olympics find the target ...

Evergreen Kazuyoshi Miura rewrote his own record as the Japan Football League's oldest player, at 58 years and 109 days, as he made the first appearance of his 40th professional season Sunday for ...

Kunishige Kamamoto and Ryuichi Sugiyama, who both helped Japan win the bronze medal at the Mexico City Olympics, were among 20 former players and coaches inducted to the first Japanese soccer Hall ...

Fifty-three years since winning their first and so far only Olympic medal, Japan's male footballers have their sights set on making history on home soil under Hajime Moriyasu.

He now has 81 Portugal goals to his name, which saw him leapfrog Kunishige Kamamoto, who scored 80 times during his Japan career. Ahead of Ronaldo are Ferenc Puskas, with 89 goals for Hungary, and ...

Kunishige Kamamoto’s brace in 1968 famously earned Japan a bronze with victory over hosts Mexico, but since then there have […] Olympics-Soccer-Japanese lead Asian challenge with eyes on ...

(Reuters) - Fifty-three years since winning their first and so far only Olympic medal, Japan's male footballers have their sights set on making history on home soil under Hajime Moriyasu.