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Regional previews: West Japan

West Japan, for our purposes, stretches from past Kobe in the east, to the tip of Japan’s main island Honshu in the west. In this geographical area, we have a…

Regional preview: Yokohama

Yokohama, a beautiful port city just to the south west of Tokyo, has a team in each of Japan’s three professional leagues. We’ll start our preview in J1, at a…

Regional previews: Tokai & Hokuriku

This area is loosely defined as Nagoya in the south, up to Kanazawa in the north. There are a lot of teams in this region that are looking to bounce…

Regional previews: Kita Kanto

An oft forgotten area of the footballing landscape in Japan, with the obvious exception of Kashima, the area between Tokyo & Tohoku is home to the reigning champions, two J2…

Regional previews: Shikoku

Shikoku is usually classed as Japan’s fourth island, and a beautiful island it is too. There are three professional teams resident there, all plying their trade in J2. We start…

Regional previews: Kansai

Kansai is the area usually defined as Kyoto in the east, to Kobe/Hyogo in the west. And this year it is a hotbed of interesting storylines. We are starting this…

Regional previews: Hokkaido & Tohoku

In doing a preview of the season, we are going to break it down into bite-sized, regional chunks. We are starting from the north and are going to work all…

Weekend J1 primer

It seems we spend a lot of time here on Regista focusing on the bottom of the table, but with us coming towards the business end of the season, we…

The Olympic round table

No, not the newest bizarre event to be welcomed into the Olympics, but more a debate on the make up of Japan’s Olympic football squad. Regista invited opinions from four…

FC Seoul vs Urawa Reds preview

It is crunch time in the Asian Champions League as the clubs left in the tournament have to demonstrate their credentials. This week sees two of the big continental clubs…