Sanfrecce Hiroshima

With just five points now separating the top five, the J1 League title race looks set to go down to the wire.

With the retirement of Shinji Ono, only one member from Japan's star-studded 2002 World Cup squad remains active -- but whatever happened to them?

As the J.League celebrates its 30th anniversary, have the first three decades of the professional era in Japanese football been a success?

Kevin Muscat's reign at Melbourne Victory is over, the club legend taking leave from his coaching tenure with a 3-1 loss to Sanfrecce Hirosima.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima denied Keisuke Honda on his Japanese homecoming, finding a late goal to dent Melbourne Victory's AFC Champions League ambitions.

The A-League has lost perhaps its greatest striker after Besart Berisha secured a lucrative move to Japan.

Teerasil Dangda will become the second Thai international in the J.League's top tier next year having sealed a one-year loan with Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Masato Kudo has left the Vancouver Whitecaps after one season to sign with Sanfrecce Hiroshima in Japan.

Arsenal announced an agreement earlier this month to buy the Japan international but the transfer is still pending a medical and regulatory processes.

Asano, 21, claimed on Thursday that the Gunners have been in contact with him over a move to the Emirates Stadium.