Iraq’s Foreign Ministry says Japanese loans and grants have exceeded $11 billion, highlighting strong historical ties and cooperation in energy, infrastructure, and development.

Despite the defense struggling in the first half against Vietnam, Japan were able to start off Asian Cup play with an emphatic 4-2 victory while their opponents for Friday, Iraq, also cruised to ...

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Iraq claimed their first victory over Japan in 42 years when they won their Asian Cup Group D encounter 2-1 on Friday to qualify for the knockout stage thanks to a ...

Japan survived a scare in their Asian Cup opener against Vietnam and will seek improvements for their latest group stage clash against Iraq today. The four-time champions fell behind in a six-goal ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Aymen Hussein scored both goals as Iraq shocked Asian Cup favorite Japan 2-1 to claim a place in the knockout stage on Friday. Hussein struck twice in the first half at Education ...

TOKYO -- Japan's announcement Tuesday that it would immediately start pulling its ground troops from Iraq brought to a close a mission that symbolized the country's push to take a more assertive role ...

Watch the game between Iraq and Japan on matchday 2 of Group D in the AFC Asian Cup. The event will kick off on Friday, January 19, at 6:30 AM ET in the Education City Stadium, and here is all the ...

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Iraq claimed their first victory over Japan in 42 years when they won their Asian Cup Group D encounter 2-1 on Friday to qualify for the knockout stage thanks to a ...