The versatile 37-year-old, who won the Bundesliga with Wolfsburg in 2009 and the German Cup with Eintracht in 2018, holds the record for most appearances by an Asian player in a European league.... The network was launched in 2017 with former players including German icon Lothar Matthaus and former Japan international Yasuhiko Okudera, who became the first Japanese to join the German top flight in 1977 with Cologne, taking on an ambassadorial role for events worldwide promoting the Bundesliga..

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government building( Mainichi/ Makoto Ogawa) TOKYO--The Tokyo Metropolitan

Tokyo Metropolitan Government headquarters( Mainichi/ Makoto Ogawa) TOKYO--Japan's capital recorded

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government building( Mainichi/ Makoto Ogawa) TOKYO--The Tokyo Metropolitan

Tokyo Metropolitan Government headquarters( Mainichi/ Makoto Ogawa) TOKYO--Japan's capital reported

Tokyo Metropolitan Government headquarters( Mainichi/ Makoto Ogawa) TOKYO--Japan's capital reported

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government building( Mainichi/ Makoto Ogawa) TOKYO--The Japanese capital

Wataru Endo of Stuttgart opens the scoring in their 5-1 win over Greuther Furth in the German first division in Stuttgart on Aug.... Defender Marc-Oliver Kempf scored a brace and Borna Sosa provided three assists for Stuttgart, who are aiming to improve on a ninth-place finish from last season.... Japan winger Takuma Asano started in his league debut for promoted Bochum, who marked their Bundesliga return with a 1-0 loss away to Wolfsburg....

Tokyo Metropolitan Government headquarters( Mainichi/ Makoto Ogawa) TOKYO--The Japanese capital

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government building.... ( Mainichi/ Makoto Ogawa) TOKYO--The Tokyo