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KAORU MITOMA

Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 19, 2023
Brighton winger Mitoma named JPFA 2022 player of the year
The 25-year-old scored two late goals against Australia in March to send Japan to the World Cup in Qatar and also starred in the finals.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 6, 2022
As Japan exits the World Cup, eyes turn to the team's future
Veterans are set to step back, head coach Hajime Moriyasu's future is uncertain and the country waits to see if the next star player is waiting in the ranks of the J. League.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 2, 2022
Japan adds another thrilling chapter to World Cup story with improbable victory over Spain
Japan's win sends the Samurai Blue into the round of 16 as the Group E winner. The team's next challenge is a showdown with Group F runner-up Croatia.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 2, 2022
Too close to call? Japan’s winning goal joins list of controversies
Ao Tanaka's goal may have rescued the Samurai Blue's World Cup campaign, but it was Kaoru Mitoma's touchline assist that has fans and pundits debating technology's place in refereeing.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 22, 2022
Kaoru Mitoma confident Premier League form will translate in Qatar
In that first match in Qatar, the 25-year-old will face a German defense that some have labeled a liability, giving him a chance to make some strides.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 21, 2022
Japan must brave challenging climb to reach lofty ambitions at World Cup
Japan has set its sights on the quarterfinals in Qatar but may need to go through two former champions to get there.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 10, 2022
Kaoru Mitoma helps lift Brighton to upset of Arsenal in League Cup
The Samurai Blue speedster started the second half at Emirates Stadium and gave the visitors a 2-1 lead against the run of play in the 58th minute.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 6, 2022
Kaoru Mitoma nets first Brighton goal in statement ahead of World Cup
Hidemasa Morita of Sporting Lisbon and Ayase Ueda of Cercle Brugge also netted in a promising weekend for Samurai Blue players in Europe.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 5, 2022
Kaoru Mitoma set to realize World Cup dream after injury scare
Although he was named to Japan's 26-man squad on Tuesday, the 25-year-old feared for a time that his World Cup dream might be over before it began.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 30, 2022
Kaoru Mitoma makes strong return from injury for Brighton
In an encouraging sign ahead of next month's World Cup, the 25-year-old speedster appeared untroubled by the injury he sustained against Brentford earlier this month.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 26, 2022
Injured Kaoru Mitoma expects to recover in time for World Cup
The Samurai Blue midfielder has missed his Premier League club's last two matches after sustaining a right ankle injury on Oct. 14 against Brentford.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 24, 2022
Samurai Blue dominant as U.S. fails to get shot on goal
Japan led in shot attempts (16-4) and those on target (8-0). It was the first time in 15 matches that the U.S. did not have a shot on goal.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 20, 2022
Trio of Japanese stars working to make case for World Cup
Kaoru Mitoma, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Yuta Nakayama are hoping their time in England will hold them in good standing with the World Cup just three months away.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 29, 2022
Rising Samurai Blue star Kaoru Mitoma targets World Cup starting spot
The 25-year-old winger scored twice against the Socceroos after coming off the bench late at Sydney's Stadium Australia, staking his claim to a bigger role for the national team.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 16, 2022
Kaoru Mitoma nets winner, but Union comes up short in Belgian title race
Kaoru Mitoma's early goal sparked Royale Union Saint-Gilloise to a 2-0 victory over Anderlecht, but the team from Brussels came up short in the Belgian championship race after Club Brugge sealed the title on Sunday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 4, 2022
Japan wingers Junya Ito and Kaoru Mitoma star in Belgian top-flight wins
Ito, the standout performer for Japan as they qualified for their seventh-straight World Cup finals, scored Genk's third goal during their trouncing of Eupen at home.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup / From the Spot
Mar 25, 2022
Battle-tested Samurai Blue eager for deep World Cup push
After perhaps the most unconventional, daunting and frustrating qualifying campaign in team history, Samurai Blue have qualified for a seventh straight FIFA World Cup.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 24, 2022
Sydney stunner: Late Kaoru Mitoma brace sends Japan to World Cup
Despite outshooting the Socceroos on a waterlogged Stadium Australia pitch, Hajime Moriyasu's men failed to make the most of their chances until substitute Mitoma's star turn.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 4, 2021
Japan adds new faces to mix for upcoming World Cup qualifiers
Kaoru Mitoma and Reo Hatate were called up to the national team for the first time on Thursday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 17, 2021
Super sub Kaoru Mitoma's hat trick leads Union to comeback win
Entering after the break with Union trailing 2-0, Mitoma quickly helped the home side shift the momentum at Brussels' Stade Joseph Marien.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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