Japan Football Association president Kozo Tashima wants to put an end to the running debate on the potential switch to a fall-spring season for the J. League.
A month has passed since Tashima beat former general secretary Hiromi Hara in the JFA's first presidential election. Tashima has been lobbying to change the J. League's existing spring-fall structure, to have it coincide with the European campaign.
Those who oppose the shift are the clubs based in areas subject to heavy snowfall. Those teams say they would struggle to hold games or train during the winter.