Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights star Marika Koroibete scored eight tries this season for the League One finalists. The 32-year-old...

The Rugby Championship 2024 kicks off on Saturday featuring a glut of Japan-based players. Australia hosts back-to-back world champions...

Kintetsu Liners fly-half Quade Cooper has undergone minor surgery for a long-standing heel injury.     Wallaby Cooper, 36, posted an...

Out-of-contract Toshiba Brave Lupus wing Jone Naikabula has handed the reigning League One champions a major boost by inking a new...

Division two side NEC Green Rockets has signed former Welsh international fly-half Rhys Patchell from Super Rugby outfit the Highlanders....

Yokohama Canon Eagles star Jesse Kriel believes that he can play at the 2027 and 2031 World Cups by continuing to ply his trade in League...

League One division two newcomers Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks have announced six new signings for the 2024-2025 season. The ambitious...

Eddie Jones' Japan XV hosted Georgia in Sendai on Saturday. The Brave Blossoms entertain Italy on Sunday 21 July at the Sapporo Dome in...

Former All Blacks captain Sam Cane has revealed that he found the level of League One in Japan to be higher than he expected. Injury-hit...

Japan XV hosted the Māori All Blacks in Toyota on Saturday for the second game in their series. Japan's full national team will play...

All Blacks loose loose forward Akira Ioane has joined division two side Kintetsu Liners. Blues star Ioane, 29, follows in the footsteps...

Suntory Sungoliath ace Cheslin Kolbe and his wife Layla Kolbe have announced the launch of the Cheslin Kolbe Foundation. Kolbe is one of...

RugbyJP.com had the pleasure to speak to URC outfit Ospreys’ Chief Executive Officer Lance Bradley in a Q&A about Japan Rugby and League...

Highlights from Saturday's game between Japan XV and the Maori All Blacks at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo. Japan XV and the...

Toyota Verblitz standout wing Viliame Tuidraki will make his Japan debut on Saturday evening as Eddie Jones’ Japan XV hosts the Māori All...

Welcome to volume 1 of our new feature series, Off Season Diaries. For our inaugural edition we spoke to Kinetetsu Liners and Japan...

The Māori All Blacks have selected a 28-strong squad for the team’s two-match series in Japan. A Japan XV will play the Māori side on...

England thrashed Japan 52-17 in the first Test match to be played between the two countries in Japan. A Japan XV hosts the Māori All...

England centre Ollie Lawrence underlined his desire to bring physicality to his country’s encounter with Japan on Saturday....

Japan’s 20-year-old prodigy Yoshitaka Yazaki may be handed his senior debut against England next week despite still being a University...