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Season preview: How will FC Tokyo line up in 2022?

After a couple of years of above-average performances, FC Tokyo came crashing down and finished ninth in 2021. The year could not have gone…

Football

2022

Osman Asmar

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The rise, fall and rise again of Japanese football that we should have learnt from

This past weekend, the J-League celebrated its 28th anniversary. The Japanese top division has gone on to become one the best leagues in Asia.…

Football

2021

Ben Sewell

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A Socceroos starting XI to beat Japan

Ange Postecoglou has named his 30-man preliminary squad for the Socceroos upcoming World Cup qualifiers. These are two vital games for Australia as a…

Football

2017

Juan Manuel D'Angelo

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Is the time right for Marcelo Bielsa to coach Japan?

Rumours about the possible hiring of Marcelo Bielsa as the new manager of the Japanese national team are not new. For several months there…

Football

2015

Is the time right for Marcelo Bielsa to coach Japan?