Japan's World Cup striker Yoshito Okubo has been banned for two games by the J-League after smashing an advertising board in a fit of pique during a match last weekend...
Kawasaki Frontale blew the chance to go top of the J-League on Saturday as they lost 2-0 at Yokohama F-Marinos where a small pocket of home fans racially taunted Brazilian player Renato....
Table-topping Urawa Reds heaped more misery on Tokushima Vortis in their first season in Japan's top flight with a 2-0 win on Wednesday that left the islanders hopelessly adrift in the drop zone....
Cerezo Osaka lost their first game under new manager Marco Pezzaiuoli on Tuesday, squandering the lead to be defeated 2-1 by Kawasaki Frontale as the J-League resumed after the World Cup....
Japan captain Makoto Hasebe Friday backed veteran striker Yoshito Okubo's surprise selection for the World Cup and said he could help inspire younger players....
Departing Japanese star Shinji Ono inspired a dramatic comeback by Western Sydney Wanderers as they scrambled into the AFC Champions League quarter-finals on away goals against Sanfrecce Hiroshima on Wednesday....
Departing Japanese star Shinji Ono inspired a dramatic comeback by Western Sydney Wanderers as they scrambled into the AFC Champions League quarter-finals on away goals against Sanfrecce Hiroshima on Wednesday....
Surprise J-League leaders Sagan Tosu beat Yokohama F Marinos 2-1 on Saturday to stay one point clear at the top of the table....
Ryota Hayasaka scored after five minutes to send surprise package Sagan Tosu to the top of the J-League with a 1-0 win over Kashiwa Reysol on Tuesday....
Substitute Luis Alberto scored one minute after coming on to send Kashima Antlers clear at the top of the J-League with a 2-1 win over Shimizu S-Pulse on Tuesday....
Australia's Western Sydney Wanderers routed China's Guizhou Renhe 5-0 to finish top of Group H and reach the second round in their first AFC Champions League campaign on Tuesday....
Promoted side Vissel Kobe beat Kashima Antlers 3-2 on Saturday to climb into first place in the J-League for at least 24 hours....
Japan is ready to hold the 2022 World Cup if FIFA strips Qatar of hosting rights over corruption allegations, the country's football chief told AFP....
Japan's J-League is one of the safest and most welcoming football leagues but a furore over a "Japanese only" banner directed at foreign fans has caused deep embarrassment and highlighted questionable attitudes to race....
Guizhou Renhe conjured a late equaliser Wednesday to hold Ulsan Hyundai 1-1 and finally end the South Korean club's record 11-game winning streak in the AFC Champions League....
Guizhou Renhe conjured a late equaliser Wednesday to hold Ulsan Hyundai 1-1 and finally end the South Korean club's record 11-game winning streak in the AFC Champions League....
Guizhou Renhe conjured a late equaliser Wednesday to hold Ulsan Hyundai 1-1 and finally end the South Korean club's record 11-game winning streak in the AFC Champions League....
Japan's professional football league has said an internal probe turned up no evidence to support suspicions that a recent match was fixed, as it wrestles with an embarrassing racism scandal....
Tsukasa Shiotani scored from a 95th-minute free-kick to give two-time defending J-League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima a 2-1 win over Kawasaki Frontale on Saturday....
Uruguay striker Diego Forlan takes centre-stage as Cerezo Osaka begin the new J-League season looking to claim the scalp of twice-defending champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima on Saturday....
Yokohama Marinos beat J-League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-0 to win the prestigious Emperor's Cup on Wednesday, avenging their defeat by one point in the league title race last month....