Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU)

Rugby Union
Governance

Australia and Japan's rugby union teams will face each other more often throughout this decade as their respective governing bodies forge closer commercial and governance ties
Rugby Union
Events

Japan is considering a bid to host the men’s Rugby World Cup in 2035 as part of a plan that would also see it stage the women’s event in 2037.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) and the top-tier Japan Rugby League One (JRLO) have teamed up with conglomerate Sony to establish a new marketing company
Rugby Union
Events

More than 65,000 tickets have been sold for the rugby union match between Japan and New Zealand in Tokyo on Saturday (October 29), the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) has announced
Athletics
Events

The two Diamond League athletics events due to take place in China later this year have been cancelled because of the country’s quarantine requirements and travel restrictions, World Athletics has announced.
Rugby Union
Events

Hajime Shoji, the COO of Japan's domestic rugby union league, explains how the competition has been extensively remodelled to capitalise on a surge of interest in rugby in Japan following the country's hosting of the 2019 World Cup.
Basketball
Events

The opening fixture of the inaugural Japan Rugby League One competition and the B.League all-star basketball game have been cancelled due to Covid-19 outbreaks
Rugby Union
Governance

The Japan Rugby Football Union is in talks with the Rugby Championship and Six Nations about potentially joining the national team tournaments
Rugby Union
Events

The Japan Rugby Football Union is preparing to usher in a new, more professional era of Japanese rugby union with the launch of the NTT League One on January 7
Rugby Union
Events

Japanese rugby's Top League is targeting star players from England and other Northern Hemisphere nations to join its clubs, in ambitious plans to make the competition the best league in the world
Rugby Union
Governance

The Japan Rugby Football Union on Friday announced that the country's new league will start in January 2022 with 25 professional and amateur teams split into three divisions
Rugby Union
Events

Japan may be forced out of an expanded eight-nation tournament held later this year as its New Zealand-based head coach is barred from entering the country due to Covid-19 travel restrictions
Rugby Union
Events

Rugby Australia has said the Sunwolves will not take part in Australia's pared-back Super Rugby competition this year, bringing the curtain down on the Tokyo franchise
Rugby Union
Events

The Japan Rugby Rugby Union has outlined plans for a new domestic rugby union league, to launch in autumn 2021
Rugby Union
Business

Japan's Rugby Football Union wants to move quickly ahead with plans for a new domestic league that would attract international stars, to capitalise on the excitement created by the national team's World…
Rugby Union
Events

Sanzaar, the umbrella body for the national unions in Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, has today (Friday) said it will remove Japan’s Sunwolves franchise from the Super Rugby club c…