J. League's Hiromi Hara leverages new media to educate fans
Through his regular YouTube appearances and astute use of social media, the league's vice chairman has helped keep supporters connected throughout the pandemic.
J. League cancels match between Bellmare, Sagan
The league made the decision in light of Tosu's coronavirus-imposed lockdown leaving its players unable to prepare for the fixture at BMW Stadium on Aug. 29.
J. League's top flight to open season on weekday for first time
The J. League's top division will open its 26th season on Friday, Feb. 23, the league announced on Friday, making it the first time the season has started on a weekday. The move toward having games on Friday is to ease the congestion of a ...
JFA elects Tashima as new president
FIFA executive committee member Kozo Tashima was elected as the next Japan Football Association president on Sunday. Tashima, the current vice president, won 40 of the 75 eligible votes in the JFA council while his opponent, general secretary Hiromi Hara, had 34. There was one ...
The Japan Football Association Board of Directors has selected JFA vice president Kozo Tashima as its pick to be the next president of Japan's soccer federation, a JFA source revealed Wednesday. The board members had until Jan. 6 to cast their votes for the 58-year-old ...
Japan Football Association vice president Kozo Tashima and general secretary Hiromi Hara have fulfilled the necessary requirements to become the association's next president, the JFA's selection committee said on Friday. With no other candidates forthcoming, the bid to become top honcho at the JFA will ...
JFA leaders take voluntary pay cut in aftermath of Aguirre ouster
Japan Football Association president Kuniya Daini will take a voluntary 50 percent pay cut for four months as a show of responsibility for the short-lived reign of scandal-tainted manager Javier Aguirre. JFA secretary-general Hiromi Hara and technical director Masahiro Shimoda will both take 30 percent ...
Fallout from Aguirre affair likely to have limited reach at JFA
The hiring and firing of Javier Aguirre has left the Japan Football Association with a severe bloody nose, but it remains to be seen if anyone at the governing body will pay for it. The JFA pulled the plug on Aguirre's time as national team ...
JFA fires embattled manager Aguirre
Javier Aguirre was fired as Japan's national team manager on Tuesday after a match-fixing case naming him as a defendant was accepted by a Spanish court. The Japan Football Association dismissed Aguirre, who had only been in the job since August, after judging that the ...
New national soccer team manager Aguirre to arrive in Japan next week
Newly appointed Japan manager Javier Aguirre will arrive in Japan on Aug. 11 and hold a news conference in Tokyo the same day, the Japan Football Association said Monday. The 55-year-old Aguirre will take the reins for the Japanese side, with his first match at ...
