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JAPAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 3, 2015
JFA fires embattled manager Aguirre
Javier Aguirre was fired as Japan's national team manager on Tuesday after a match-fixing case naming him as a defendant was accepted by a Spanish court.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 15, 2015
JFA won't answer to reports on match-fixing case involving Aguirre until after Asian Cup
The Japan Football Association will wait until Japan's ongoing Asian Cup campaign has finished before responding to reports that a match-fixing case involving manager Javier Aguirre will go to court, JFA president Kuniya Daini said Thursday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 27, 2014
Japan manager Aguirre protests innocence over match-fixing allegations
National team manager Javier Aguirre launched an impassioned defense of his integrity as he broke his silence over match-fixing allegations on Saturday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 22, 2014
Kagawa steers clear of questions about manager Aguirre
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa refused to comment on the match-fixing scandal engulfing Japan coach Javier Aguirre as he arrived back in Japan on Monday to prepare for the Asian Cup.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 21, 2014
Aguirre to hold news conference before start of Asian Cup training
Embattled Japan manager Javier Aguirre will hold a news conference to offer an explanation regarding match-fixing charges that have been leveled at him in Spain, the Japan Football Association announced on Sunday when its board of trustees met.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 18, 2014
JFA retains Aguirre for Asian Cup
Javier Aguirre will manage Japan at the Asian Cup in January despite being named as a defendant in a match-fixing case filed by Spanish prosecutors earlier this week, the Japan Football Association confirmed on Thursday.
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 11, 2014
Japan national team schedules November friendlies against Honduras, Australia
Japan will face Honduras and Australia in friendlies on Nov. 14 and 18 respectively, the Japan Football Association announced Thursday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 11, 2014
Aguirre embraces 'massive challenge' as Japan's new soccer boss
Javier Aguirre has vowed to rise to the challenge of qualifying Japan for the 2018 World Cup in Russia after the former Mexico and Espanyol boss was unveiled as new manager of the national soccer team on Monday.
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 7, 2014
Japan men's soccer squad to face Jamaica, Brazil in fall
The Japan Football Association announced Thursday that the men's national team will play Jamaica and Brazil in October.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 4, 2014
New national soccer team manager Aguirre to arrive in Japan next week
Newly appointed Japan manager Javier Aguirre will arrive in Japan on Aug. 11 and hold a news conference in Tokyo the same day, the Japan Football Association said Monday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 24, 2014
Aguirre confirmed as Japan's next manager
The Japan Football Association on Thursday officially named Mexican Javier Aguirre as Japan's new national team manager.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 5, 2014
'King Kazu' chosen as JFA ambassador for World Cup
Former Japan striker Kazuyoshi Miura will be dispatched to Brazil as the Japan Football Association's ambassador to the World Cup, the JFA said Thursday.
SOCCER / J. League
May 30, 2014
J3 player handed three-game ban for racist comments
Defender Sunao Hozaki, who plays for Kanazawa Zweigen in the J. League's lower-tier J3 division, will be suspended for three games due to racist comments he made to an opposing player in a match against FC Machida last Saturday in Ishikawa Prefecture, his club announced Friday.

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