On June 26, the Japanese men's national team held an open training session. Fifteen players participated in this training camp, and it is expected that the team will play a training match against Chinese Taipei on July 8 and 9 with these members.
LASK's Keito Nakamura, who scored his first goal for Japan in a recent game against El Salvador in addition to his 14 goals and 7 assists in Austria, has become a hot name in the transfer market.
Kaoru Mitoma (26, Brighton), a midfielder for Japan's national soccer team, has expressed his mixed feelings about the current wave of media reports about him overseas.
Gender equality ministers of the Group of Seven nations have called for correcting wage gaps between men and women by promoting flexible working styles as well as equitable and transparent pay policies. They also stressed the need to shift perceptions of gender roles.
The final episode of TBS Sunday Gekijo's "The Last Man" (Sundays at 9:00 pm), starring singer and actor Masaharu Fukuyama and co-starring Hiroshi Oizumi as his buddy, was aired on the 25th, and its ending, which hints at a sequel, is attracting attention.
Japan's education ministry has drafted provisional guidelines on the use of generative AI at schools, proposing limited use of the technology as a starting point.
Japan's Emperor Naruhito has visited a sand erosion control office in the Special Region of Yogyakarta on the fifth day of his weeklong official visit to Indonesia.
According to Duolingo, the world's most downloaded free language learning app, learners around the world want to learn Japanese and have a passion for the language.
German second division club Holstein Kiel is close to acquiring Japan's Shuto Machino, who plays for Shonan Bellmare. The German "Kieler Nachrichten" reported.