Nakata was 19 years old when he moved to Europe to play in the competitive Italian soccer league Serie A. Over the next decade, he became one of the most popular players to come from an Asian country.

Nakata Yoshiko is a producer currently based in Bangkok, Thailand. Since joining NHK World in 2009, she’s been reporting range of social issues in Japan and across Asia, including refugees and ...

Hidetoshi Nakata has announced his retirement from football at the age of just 29. Japanese international Hidetoshi Nakata has surprisingly announced his retirement from professional football at ...

Bologna have completed the signing of Japanese star Hidetoshi Nakata on loan from Parma. Nakata will spend the rest of the season with Bologna after becoming disenchanted with his situation at ...

The Nakata Lab seeks to understand the basic mechanisms regulating the nutritional quality and productivity of crop plants. To accomplish this goal, we are taking an integrated approach that combines ...

Bologna are closing in on a loan deal for Parma midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata, with coach Carlo Mazzone confirming he is anticipating the Japanese star's arrival. Nakata is out of favour at Parma ...

Director Hideo Nakata made his name in the horror flick boom that swept Japan in the late 1990s, but with his latest offering, “It’s in the Woods,” he aims to transcend the genre.