Japan's starting football players (top L-R) Shusaku Nishikawa, Makoto Hasebe, Shunsuke Nakamura, Yuji Nakazawa, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, and (bottom L-R) Yuichi Komano, Yuto Nagatomo, Yasuhito Endo, Shinji Okazaki, Yoshito Okubo and Keiji Tamada pose for photographers prior to their Asian Cup final-round qualifier against Hong Kong at Outsourcing Stadium in Shizuoka on October 8, 2009. Japan won the match 6-0. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Japan's starting football players (top L-R) Shusaku Nishikawa, Makoto Hasebe, Shunsuke Nakamura, Yuji Nakazawa, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, and (bottom L-R) Yuichi Komano, Yuto Nagatomo, Yasuhito Endo, Shinji Okazaki, Yoshito Okubo and Keiji Tamada pose for photographers prior to their Asian Cup final-round qualifier against Hong Kong at Outsourcing Stadium in Shizuoka on October 8, 2009. Japan won the match 6-0.

More Photos of

Explore Photos of Related Topics

  1. HONG KONG - NOVEMBER 18: Shinji Okazaki (#33) of Japan and Gerard Ambassa Guy (#3) of Hong Kong compete for the ball during AFC Asia Cup 2011 Qatar qualifier match between Hong Kong and Japan at Hong Kong Stadium on November 18, 2009 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  2. HONG KONG - NOVEMBER 18: Daisuke Matsui (#8) and Yasuhito Endo (#7) of Japan and Au Yeung Yiu Chung (#10) of Hong Kong compete for the ball during AFC Asia Cup 2011 Qatar qualifier match between Hong Kong and Japan at Hong Kong Stadium on November 18, 2009 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  3. BARCELONA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 01: Espanyol players leave the field after they drew 1-1 against Real Valladolid in the La Liga match at the Cornella-El Prat stadium on November 1, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.
  4. Japan's starting football players (top L-R) Shusaku Nishikawa, Makoto Hasebe, Shunsuke Nakamura, Yuji Nakazawa, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, and (bottom L-R) Yuichi Komano, Yuto Nagatomo, Yasuhito Endo, Shinji Okazaki, Yoshito Okubo and Keiji Tamada pose for photographers prior to their Asian Cup final-round qualifier against Hong Kong at Outsourcing Stadium in Shizuoka on October 8, 2009. Japan won the match 6-0.
  5. Japan's head coach Takeshi Okada (R) advises the team's gamemaker Shunsuke Nakamura during their Asian Cup final-round qualifier against Hong Kong at Outsourcing Stadium in Shizuoka on October 8, 2009. Japan won the match 6-0.
  6. Japan's midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura (10#) shoots over Hong Kong's defencers during their Asian Cup final-round qualifier at Outsourcing Stadium in Shizuoka on October 8, 2009. Japan were leading 2-0 in the first half.
  7. Members of Japan's national soccer team and coach Takeshi Okada, wearing gray suit in front center, pose for a photo session during the public unveiling event of their new uniforms designed for 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Players are from left in back row are Daiki Iwamasa, Yuki Abe, Keisuke Iwashita and Yuichi Komano. Shusaku Nishikawa and Eiji Kawashima. From left in middle row are Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Hisato Sato, Yoshito Okubo, Yasuyuki Konno, Yasuhito Endo and Shinji Okazaki. From left in front row are Yuji Nakazawa, Yuhei Tokunaga, Okada, Atsuto Uchida, and Kenji Tamada.
  8. Japan's starting football players (top L-R) Shusaku Nishikawa, Makoto Hasebe, Shunsuke Nakamura, Yuji Nakazawa, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, and (bottom L-R) Yuichi Komano, Yuto Nagatomo, Yasuhito Endo, Shinji Okazaki, Yoshito Okubo and Keiji Tamada pose for photographers prior to their Asian Cup final-round qualifier against Hong Kong at Outsourcing Stadium in Shizuoka on October 8, 2009. Japan won the match 6-0.
  9. Japan's national soccer team members pose prior to their Asian Cup qualifier against Hong Kong in Shizuoka, southwest of Tokyo, October 8, 2009. Shusaku Nishikawa, Makoto Hasebe, Shunsuke Nakamura, Yuji Nakazawa, Marcus Tulio Tanaka (L-R in back row), Yuichi Komano, Yuto Nagatomo, Yasuhito Endo, Shinji Okazaki, Yoshito Okubo, Keiji Tamada (L-R in front row).
  10. HONG KONG - NOVEMBER 18: Shinji Okazaki (#33) of Japan and Gerard Ambassa Guy (#3) of Hong Kong compete for the ball during AFC Asia Cup 2011 Qatar qualifier match between Hong Kong and Japan at Hong Kong Stadium on November 18, 2009 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  11. PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 14: Shinji Okazaki of Japan looks on the international friendly match between South Africa and Japan at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on November 14, 2009 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
  12. PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 14: Shunsuke Nakamura(#10) and Yasuhito Endo(#7) and Shinji Okazaki(#9) and Daisuke Matsui(#8) of Japan look on after the international friendly match between South Africa and Japan at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on November 14, 2009 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
  13. PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 14: Shunsuke Nakamura(#10) and Yasuhito Endo(#7) and Shinji Okazaki(#9) and Daisuke Matsui(#8) of Japan look on after the international friendly match between South Africa and Japan at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on November 14, 2009 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
  14. PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 14: Shinji Okazaki of Japan and Morgan Gould of South Africa compete for the ball during the international friendly match between South Africa and Japan at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on November 14, 2009 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
  15. PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 14: Shinji Okazaki of Japan and Morgan Gould of South Africa compete for the ball during the international friendly match between South Africa and Japan at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on November 14, 2009 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. U.S Army soldiers from TF Yukon work out at the gym at FOB Clark in Khowst province December 4, 2009.
  2. General view of the Paris Boat show at Paris' Porte de Versailles exhibition centre December 4, 2009 on the eve of the opening to the public. The exhibition, which runs until December 13, features latest innovations in the marine and pleasure boat industry.
  3. The Italian military orchestra named "Fanfara" perform before a ceremony at the NATO headquarters in Sarajevo's suburb of Butmir December 4, 2009. Austrian Major-General Bernhard Bair took over the post of commander of the EU peacekeeping force, EUFOR, from Italian Major-General Stefano Castagnotto.
  4. U.S. President Barack Obama walks towards Marine One at the White House in Washington, December 4, 2009. Obama is leaving for a day trip to Pennsylvania.
  5. Sinead Kerr, and John Kerr, of Britain, perform during the free dance in the Ice Dancing final at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating final in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. The pair finished in fourth place.
  6. Sinead Kerr, and John Kerr, of Britain, perform during the free dance in the Ice Dancing final at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating final in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. The pair finished in fourth place.
  7. NATO foreign ministers pose for a group photo at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday Dec. 4, 2009. Some two dozen countries will send an estimated 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan next year, the chief of NATO said Friday as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told her allied counterparts that an infusion of forces is crucial to turning the tide in the long war.
  8. CHENGDU, CHINA - DECEMBER 4: A visitor admires a prop used in movie 'The Lord of the Rings' during the 'The Exceptional Exhibition' at the Sichuan Museum on December 4, 2009 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. New Zealand special-effects guru Richard Taylor has organised to bring his five Oscar statues and props used in movies 'King Kong' and 'The Lord of the Rings' to take part in 'The Exceptional Exhibition' at the Sichuan Museum, which kicks off today and runs through January 15.
  9. SAR HAWZA, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 04: A child watches as soldiers from the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment patrol through the business district on December 4, 2009 in Sar Hawza, Afghanistan. The patrol was a joint patrol with the Afghan National Police (ANP). Soldiers from the U.S Army have been training and are patrolling with the ANP in order to help them become self sufficient in the region.
  10. Bronze medallists Nathalie Pechalat, left, and Fabian Bourzat of France, second from left, gold medallists Meryl Davis, third from left, and Charlie White of the U.S., third from right, and silver medallists Tessa Virtue, second from right, and Scott Moir of Canada, right, pose for photo following the ice dancing event at the ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating Final in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.
  11. SAR HAWZA, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 04: Sgt. Joseph Delair of Syracuse, NY from the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment keeps watch while on a joint patrol with the Afghan National Police (ANP) on December 4, 2009 in Sar Hawza, Afghanistan. Soldiers from the U.S Army have been training and are patrolling with the ANP in order to help them become self sufficient in the region.
  12. SAR HAWZA, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 04: 2nd Lt. Josh Talyor (C) from Nixa, MO of the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment speaks to his men prior to a joint mission with the Afghan National Police (ANP) on December 4, 2009 in Sar Hawza, Afghanistan. Soldiers from the U.S Army have been training and are patrolling with the ANP in order to help them become self sufficient in the region.
  13. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: (UK TABLOID Sarah Harding attends the Women In Film And TV Awards held at the Hilton Park Lane on December 4, 2009 in London, England.
  14. SAR HAWZA, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 04: Police officers with the Afghan National Police (ANP) stand watch as Brig. Gen. Dowlat Kahn, provincial head of the (ANP) for Paktika Province, speaks to village males on December 4, 2009 in Sar Hawza, Afghanistan. Soldiers from the U.S Army have been training and are patrolling with the ANP in order to help them become self sufficient in the region.
  15. Former Sri Lankan army chief and presidential candidate of the common opposition Gen. Sarath Fonseka speaks during a meeting with representatives of trade unions in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Fonseka said he will run for president as head of a coalition of opposition parties, challenging President Mahinda Rajapaksa in an electoral battle between two national war heroes.
  16. France's Nathalie Pechalat, right, and Fabian Bourzat, left, perform on their way to winning the bronze medal during the free dance in the Ice Dancing final at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating final in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.