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RITSU DOAN

Freiburg's Ritsu Doan (left) and Bayer Leverkusen's Exequiel Palacios vie for the ball during a German first division Bundesliga soccer match in Freiburg, Germany, on Sunday.
SOCCER
Mar 18, 2024
Ito and Doan each score third league goal of the season in Europe
The 31-year-old Ito sealed Reims' 2-1 home win over Metz in Ligue 1 with a fine 79th-minute strike.
SC Freiburg forward Ritsu Doan (third from left) scores during his team's Europa League Group A match against Olympiacos FC in Freiburg, Germany, on Thursday.
SOCCER
Dec 1, 2023
Doan scores and assists as Freiburg progresses in Europa League
Freiburg ensured it will finish in the top two of the competition's Group A.
Freiburg's Ritsu Doan (center) battles with a defender during his club team's match against TSC Backa Topola in Backa Topola, Serbia, on Oct. 26.
SOCCER
Nov 9, 2023
Kamada and Doan recalled for Japan's World Cup qualifiers
Manager Hajime Moriyasu named a full-strength side for Japan's opening matches against Myanmar and Syria.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 30, 2023
Ritsu Doan nets winner as Freiburg sees off Cologne
Freiburg sits fourth as it continue its hunt for a place in next season's Champions League.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 13, 2023
Doan strikes late as Freiburg edges lowly Hoffenheim
Freiburg will host Juventus on Thursday in a Europa League last-16 clash, hoping to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg.
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 4, 2022
Japan super-sub Ritsu Doan aims to sink Croatia
The Freiburg winger would become the first Japanese player to score three goals at a single World Cup if he scores on Monday, but his focus is on helping his team reach the quarterfinals.
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
Nov 30, 2022
Olympic heartbreak gives Japan's Ritsu Doan confidence at World Cup
Doan and nine of his teammates in Qatar played against Spain in last year's Tokyo Olympic men's soccer semifinal.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 25, 2022
Ritsu Doan revels in getting last laugh after Japan's win over Germany
'Before I came to the World Cup, people in Germany were saying it would be an easy game against Japan,' Doan said.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 24, 2022
Japan substitutes star in historic World Cup win over Germany
The Samurai Blue's shift of tactics to a three-back system paid dividends in the second half as Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano scored late to clinch a famous victory.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 24, 2022
Japan stuns Germany with late strikes in World Cup opener
As the game wore on, Japan's raids into the German half became more frequent, culminating in Ritsu Doan's equalizer and a brilliant finish from Takuma Asano eight minutes later.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 17, 2022
Japan hoping German experience can provide boost in World Cup opener
Daichi Kamada says the nation's large contingent of players from Germany's Bundesliga can draw mental strength from knowing they 'share the same stage' as Germany's stars.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 4, 2022
Ritsu Doan goal sends Freiburg to top of Bundesliga table
The win moved Freiburg ahead of second-place Borussia Dortmund on goal difference after five rounds.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 1, 2022
Ritsu Doan makes immediate impact for Freiburg in German Cup
Ritsu Doan made a big impression in his debut for Bundesliga outfit Freiburg on Sunday, sealing a 2-1 comeback win over Kaiserslautern in the opening round of the German Cup with a spectacular free kick in extra time.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 2, 2022
Ritsu Doan helps keep PSV in title hunt
Japan midfielder Ritsu Doan scored his seventh goal of the Dutch Eredivisie season Sunday as PSV Eindhoven beat Willem II 4-2 to stay in the race for the title.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 21, 2022
Ritsu Doan helps PSV rout Fortuna Sittard
Doan was one of five different goal scorers on the day for second-place PSV, which kept up its pursuit of Eredivisie leader Ajax.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021
Japan confident heading into Olympic soccer semifinal against Spain
After squeaking past New Zealand, the team appeared unfazed by the down-to-the-wire drama, because, at the end of the day, winning was the ultimate goal in the knockout stage.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 26, 2021
After monumental win over Mexico, Japan sets sights on men's soccer medal
Sunday's encounter at Saitama Stadium, where attacking midfielders Takefusa Kubo and Ritsu Doan lit up the Mexican defense, has Japan eyeing the podium.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 25, 2021
Japan takes Group A lead after downing Mexico with early burst
Early goals by Takefusa Kubo and Ritsu Doan left the 2012 London champions struggling to fight back and put Japan in a strong position to advance to the knockout round.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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.
'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.
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal
A Comac C919 during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore in February
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
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