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Football: J League

Brazil great and former Kashima player Zico (C) celebrates with Antlers players after the team clinched their ninth J-League first-division title with a 2-1 victory over Yokohama F Marinos in Kashima, eastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025.

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Football: J League

Kashima Antlers head coach Toru Oniki is tossed in the air by his players after the team clinched their ninth J-League first-division title with a 2-1 victory over Yokohama F Marinos in Kashima, eastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025.

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Greece: Severe Storms Batter Cyclades, Triggering Flooding 4

Severe weather with heavy rainfall hit the Cyclades, the island group southeast of mainland Greece on Monday, March 31, triggering widespread flooding. Authorities imposed a traffic ban on the islands of Paros and Mykonos due to the severe flooding.

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Club World Cup trophy

Photo taken on March 2, 2025, shows the Club World Cup trophy, unveiled at Saitama Stadium, home stadium of J-League first-division team Urawa Reds, in Saitama near Tokyo. Urawa Reds will compete in the revamped football event in the United States in June and July.

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Club World Cup trophy

Photo taken on March 2, 2025, shows the Club World Cup trophy, unveiled at Saitama Stadium, home stadium of J-League first-division team Urawa Reds, in Saitama near Tokyo. Urawa Reds will compete in the revamped football event in the United States in June and July.

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Club World Cup trophy

Photo taken on March 2, 2025, shows the Club World Cup trophy, unveiled at Saitama Stadium, home stadium of J-League first-division team Urawa Reds, in Saitama near Tokyo. Urawa Reds will compete in the revamped football event in the United States in June and July.

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US: Deadly Hurricane Milton Leaves Destruction And Massive Power Outages

Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday, October 9, bringing high winds, heavy rain, and storm surges. At least 17 people have died due to Milton and its aftermath, and more than 2 million people remained without power as of Friday.

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US: Hurricane Milton Tears Roof Off Tropicana Field In Devastating Strike 2

Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, on Wednesday, October 9, as a Category 3 storm. Milton brought high winds, ripping off the roof of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.

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Football: Asian Champions League

Goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa of J-League side Urawa Reds (4th from L) reacts after being beaten by Saudi Arabian team Al Hilal's Salem Al Dawsari in the first half of the opening leg of the Asian Champions League football final in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on April 29, 2023.

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Football: Celebration of Vissel Kobe's J-League 1st title

Vissel Kobe team members celebrate the football club's first J-League top-flight title, at a ceremony in Kobe in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo on Dec. 3, 2023.

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Football: Celebration of Vissel Kobe's J-League 1st title

Vissel Kobe team members celebrate the football club's first J-League top-flight title, at a ceremony in Kobe in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo on Dec. 3, 2023.

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Football: J-League Cup

Avispa Fukuoka's Daiki Miya (bottom) celebrates with Yota Maejima after scoring his team's second goal against Urawa Reds in the first half of the J-League Cup final on Nov. 4, 2023, at Tokyo's National Stadium.

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Statue of former Japan football head coach Osim

Photo taken on June 24, 2023, shows a statue of former Japan and Yugoslavia national football team head coach Ivica Osim unveiled the same day at a sports park in Chiba, eastern Japan, with his wife, Asima (R), and son, Amar, attending. Osim first arrived in Japan in 2003 to take the reins at then J-League first-division side JEF United Ichihara, now Chiba, propelling them to their first major title, the 2005 League Cup. He died at 80 in May 2022.

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Statue of former Japan football head coach Osim

Photo taken on June 24, 2023, shows a stature of former Japan and Yugoslavia national football team head coach Ivica Osim unveiled the same day at a sports park in Chiba, eastern Japan. Osim first arrived in Japan in 2003 to take the reins at then J-League first-division side JEF United Ichihara, now Chiba, propelling them to their first major title, the 2005 League Cup.

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Football: Asian Champions League

Goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa of J-League side Urawa Reds (4th from L) reacts after being beaten by Saudi Arabian team Al Hilal's Salem Al Dawsari in the first half of the opening leg of the Asian Champions League football final in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on April 29, 2023.

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Football: Former Japan star Kagawa returns to Cerezo

Former Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa poses for a photo during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2023, while wearing a jersey of his new football team Cerezo Osaka. The 33-year-old returned to the J-League first-division's Cerezo Osaka on a full transfer from Belgium's Sint-Truiden.

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Football: Former Japan star Kagawa returns to Cerezo

Former Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa holds a jersey of his new team Cerezo Osaka during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2023. The 33-year-old returned to the J-League first-division football team on a full transfer from Belgium's Sint-Truiden.

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Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Former Japan defender Tomoaki Makino receives a bouquet at a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, following his earlier announcement that the 35-year-old, now at the Vissel Kobe J-League football team, will retire at the end of the current season. Makino represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

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Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Former Japan defender Tomoaki Makino attends a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, following his earlier announcement that the 35-year-old, now at the Vissel Kobe J-League football team, will retire at the end of the current season. Makino represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

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Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Former Japan defender Tomoaki Makino attends a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, following his earlier announcement that the 35-year-old, now at the Vissel Kobe J-League football team, will retire at the end of the current season. Makino represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

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Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Former Japan defender Tomoaki Makino attends a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, following his earlier announcement that the 35-year-old, now at the Vissel Kobe J-League football team, will retire at the end of the current season. Makino represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

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Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Former Japan defender Tomoaki Makino attends a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, following his earlier announcement that the 35-year-old, now at the Vissel Kobe J-League football team, will retire at the end of the current season. Makino represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

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J-league unveils 'Best XI' for 2014

YOKOHAMA, Japan - J-league announces an annual team of its best 11 players chosen in Yokohama on Dec. 9, 2014. From L: (front row) Albirex Niigata's Leo Silva, FC Tokyo's Yoshinori Muto, Gamba Osaka's Yasuhito Endo and Kashima Antlers' Gaku Shibasaki; (center) Gamba's Patric, Kawasaki Frontale's Yoshito Okubo and Gamba's Takashi Usami; (back) Urawa Reds' Shusaku Nishikawa, Tokyo's Masato Morishige, Sanfrecce Hiroshima's Tsukasa Shiotani and Tokyo's Kosuke Ota.

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FC Tokyo wins Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Players of the soccer team FC Tokyo celebrate after they beat Kyoto Sanga 4-2 to win the Emperor's Cup at National Stadium in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2012. The J-League second division champions became the first J2 team to win the cup.

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Soccer: Podolski scores twice on J-League debut

KOBE, Japan, July 29 Kyodo - Vissel Kobe's Lukas Podolski (2nd from R), a member of Germany's 2014 World Cup-winning team, celebrates with teammates after scoring the opener in his J-League debut against Omiya Ardija at Noevir Stadium in Kobe in western Japan on July 29, 2017.

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J3 soccer team to offer donors local seafood in return

TOTTORI, Japan - Masayuki Okano, general manager of J-League Division 3 soccer club Gainare Tottori, shows on Oct. 19, 2014, a red snow crab and an assortment of dried fish as examples of local seafood products from the central Japan prefecture that will be offered as perks for donations in the financially strapped team's new fundraising campaign.

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J-League Chairman attends seminar in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - J-League Chairman Mitsuru Murai talks in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 3, 2014, at a seminar on ways to manage a professional soccer league. Personnel from 38 Thai soccer team participated in the first such seminar overseas for the J-League.

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Giant youth FW Hatanaka to join Tottori top team

TOTTORI, Japan - Gainare Tottori's youth team forward Makito Hatanaka (2nd from R), who stands 203cm, and General Manager Masayuki Okano (far L) attend a press conference on Sept. 30, 2014, in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture. Hatanaka will join the J3 club's top team from the next season and become the tallest Japanese J-League player.

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Shonan Bellmare to return to J-League 1st division

KYOTO, Japan - Shonan Bellmare players and others pose for photos at Nishikyogoku Stadium in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 23, 2014. The team ended the day's J-League Division 2 match against Kyoto Sanga in a 2-2 draw, clinching a spot in the league's first division for the next season.

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Japan manager Aguirre watches Urawa-Hiroshima game

SAITAMA, Japan - Javier Aguirre, new manager of Japan's national soccer team, waves to supporters during a J-League match between Urawa Reds and Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama on Aug. 16, 2014.

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Japan Prime Minister Abe in Brazil

BRASILIA, Brazil - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Zico, former head coach of Japan's national soccer team, shake hands as they meet in Brasilia on Aug. 1, 2014. Abe met with Zico and Brazilian officials who formerly played in Japan's J-League during his visit to Brazil, the last leg of his five-nation Latin American tour.

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Japan Prime Minister Abe in Brazil

BRASILIA, Brazil - Zico (L), former head coach of Japan's national soccer team, presents Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a soccer ball as they meet in Brasilia on Aug. 1, 2014. Abe met with Zico and Brazilian soccer officials who formerly played in Japan's J-League during his visit to Brazil, the last leg of his five-nation Latin American tour.

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Zico meets Kashima Antlers supporters

KASHIMA, Japan - Brazilian football legend and former Japan national team coach Zico meets supporters of Kashima Antlers at halftime of Kashima's J-League home game against Omiya Ardiya in Kashima, northeast of Tokyo, on July 23, 2014. Zico played for the Antlers in the 1990s.

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C. Osaka play charity match in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - J-League first division club Cerezo Osaka plays a charity match against the Myanmar national football team in Yangon, Myanmar, on June 28, 2014.

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Ex-S. Korea captain Park plays in Kyoto Sanga OB game

KYOTO, Japan - Retired South Korean football star Park Ji Sung (C, front row) poses for a photo in Kyoto with former players of Kyoto Sanga, a football team of Japan's J-League second division, on June 28, 2014, before a game to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the club.

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Tokushima Vortis supporters perform Awa Odori

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Supporters of Japanese soccer club Tokushima Vortis perform a flash mob Awa Odori dance to wish for a victory by the last-place team of the J-League before its game in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, on May 3, 2014.

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Kawamata gets call from Zac

NIIGATA, Japan - Albirex Niigata striker Kengo Kawamata is pictured in the town of Seiro, Niigata Prefecture, on April 3, 2014. He was given his first national team call-up as Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni named a J-League-based 23-man squad for a short training camp next week in Chiba Prefecture.

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Racist banner at J-League game

TOKYO, Japan - Keizo Fuchita, president of Urawa Reds, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 13, 2014, following the J-League's decision to have the team play an upcoming home match against Shimizu S-Pulse in an empty Saitama Stadium as a punishment for failing to remove a racist banner from the stadium until after the game against Sagan Tosu on March 8.

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Racist banner at J-League game

TOKYO, Japan - Keizo Fuchita, president of Urawa Reds, apologizes during a press conference in Tokyo on March 13, 2014, following the J-League's decision to have the team play an upcoming home match against Shimizu S-Pulse in an empty Saitama Stadium as a punishment for failing to remove a racist banner from the stadium until after the game against Sagan Tosu on March 8.

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Tokushima Vortis gears up ahead of J-League kickoff

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Forward Junya Osaki of Tokushima Vortis, the first J-League Division 1 team from Japan's western main land of Shikoku, scores a goal in a practice match against Kawasaki Frontale during a training camp in Miyazaki, southern Japan, on Feb. 7, 2014, ahead of the March 1 kickoff of this year's professional soccer season.

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World Cup MVP Forlan looking forward to J-League challenge

OSAKA, Japan - Uruguay striker Diego Forlan (R), winner of the Golden Ball Award for the most valuable player at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa, holds his team shirt with Masao Okano, president of J-League football club Cerezo Osaka, during a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 12, 2014.

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FC Gifu new manager Ramos lectures players

NAGOYA, Japan - J-League second division club FC Gifu's new manager Ruy Ramos (rear) lectures his team players during a practice match on Feb. 9, 2014, in Beppu, Oita Prefecture.

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J-League announces opening games of new J-3 division

TOKYO, Japan - Chairman Kazumi Ohigashi (second from left) and other senior officials of the Japan Professional Football League announce opening games of the newly created J-League Division 3 on Jan. 29, 2014, while taking the wraps off the uniforms of a team for under-22 players to be chosen from the J1 and J2 leagues to play in the J3 division.

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Ramos becomes new manager for FC Gifu

NAGOYA, Japan - Brazilian-born former Japan midfielder Ruy Ramos speaks on Jan. 21, 2014, of his enthusiasm in making J-League second division club FC Gifu an attractive team at his inaugural press conference in the city of Gifu as the club's new manager.

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FC Gifu introduces stars on new team formation

NAGOYA, Japan - Brazilian-born former Japan midfielder Alessandro Santos (L), newly hired manager Ruy Ramos (C) and former Japan national team goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (R) pose for photos at an announcement by J-League second division club FC Gifu of its new management in the city of Gifu on Jan. 21, 2014.

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Dragan Stojkovic

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo shows Nagoya Grampus members tossing coach Dragan Stojkovic into the air after winning the J-League first division soccer title at Hiratsuka Stadium in Kanagawa Prefecture in November 2010. Nagoya Grampus said on Oct. 3, 2013, that the former Yugoslavia midfielder will leave the team after his current deal as manager expires at the end of the season.

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World Cup forward Yano back with Albirex

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken at Kansai International Airport on July 1, 2010, shows Japanese soccer player Kisho Yano. The 27-year-old forward, a member of the 2010 World Cup squad, has returned to his old club Albirex Niigata, the J-League first division team announced on Feb. 8, 2012. He was released by German club Freiburg late in the previous year.

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Under-22 midfielder Yamamura

RYUGASAKI, Japan - Japan Under-22 midfielder Kazuya Yamamura, a student of Ryutsu Keizai University, attends a press conference at the university in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. Yamamura, who will join Kashima Antlers next spring, expressed his wish to do his best in the J-League first division soccer team.

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Usami joins Bayern Munich

MUNICH, Germany - Japanese striker Takashi Usami (L) talks during a press conference in Munich, Germany, on July 18, 2011, announcing his official transfer to Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich from Gamba Osaka of the J-League. Usami said he hopes to appear in many games to score points for the team.

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Usami joins Bayern Munich

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese striker Takashi Usami (R) holds his new Bayern Munich jersey with Bayern's director of sport Christian Nerlinger at the team's home stadium Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, on July 18, 2011, as Usami's transfer to the Bundesliga outfit from Gamba Osaka of the J-League has been formalized.