Football-NFL eyes expansion in Japan as international games reach record high

LONDON, Aug 28 : The NFL plans to expand into new international markets, including Japan, as it seeks to build on growing interest outside the United States, the league's head of Europe and Asia-Pacific Brett Gosper said.The league's 2026 regular season, which begins on September 10, will feature a record nine international games across seven countries, up from seven the previous year."Japan is a market of interest at the moment. There is a good following, good participation in that market as well... and a lot of sporting fans and an affinity with American sports like baseball and so on," Gosper told Reuters. The former CEO of World Rugby, however, did allude to a potential limitation with scoring a touchdown in some Asian markets. "Sometimes some of the markets are more challenging to gro