Former All Blacks lock Ross Filipo has been appointed Māori All Blacks coach against Japan XV in June ... out for the Crusaders and Chiefs in Super Rugby. Since his retirement, Filipo, 45 ...

Japanese rugby Tuesday announced tightened eligibility rules in order to give local players more time on the pitch but which could have repercussions for naturalised internationals. FILE: Michael ...

More than half of the players who started last season's final of the Japan Rugby League One championship, the game's top tier in the country, were born overseas. Foreign-born players have also ...

This file photo taken in July 2009 shows former Japan Rugby Football Union chief Noboru Mashimo with the Rugby World Cup trophy in Dublin. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Former Japan Rugby Football ...

Channel launches on Virgin Media first, with Prime Video and Sky Glass/Stream expected later this year Premier Sports has acquired the rights to Japan’s Rugby League One and USA’s Major League ...

Since Japan hosted the 2019 Rugby World Cup, the JRFU has launched the Japan Rugby 2050 initiative to raise the global appeal of Japanese rugby. One aspect of it is a robust, cloud-based approach ...

NEW YORK -- As U.S. President Donald Trump uses the threat of tariffs to try to push trading partners into deals, former Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross says Japan is an important ally that is ...

Japan's rugby union said Tuesday it was seeking answers after its chairman, Kensuke Iwabuchi, was suspended from his position with Asia Rugby pending an investigation into a potential code of ...

A Japanese club team should be added to the Australian Super Rugby group which would benefit both Japan and dispense with the bye. Japan would manage what that team would look like, perhaps an ...

After a difficult November, England finished with a flourish with a 59-14 thrashing of an overmatched Japan and former coach ... important at international rugby is cohesion and relationships.