The Japan Soccer
Museum will host a special exhibit celebrating Tokyo’s historic National
Stadium, the Japan Football Association said Friday.
The stadium,
which hosted the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, will be closed this year for
reconstruction as the centerpiece of the 2020 Tokyo Games. The exhibit at the Japan Soccer Museum in Tokyo’s Bunkyo Ward will introduce
visitors to the games and tournaments staged there.
The records of
all official games and comments from players who competed there will be on
display in the exhibit that will run from Feb. 4 to April 6.
The J. League’s last
scheduled game at the National Stadium will be a first-division clash between
Ventforet Kofu and Urawa Reds on May 6.
Murai takes reins
KYODO
Mitsuru Murai
was appointed J. League chairman on Friday, succeeding the league’s fourth
chairman, Kazumi Ohigashi.
The 54-year-old
Murai, a former executive of Recruit Holdings Co., was appointed to serve until
March 2016. His predecessor Ohigashi, 65, served two terms as the league’s top
executive.
Although, Murai
has served on the league’s board of directors since July 2008, he has no
experience in club operations, making him a unique pick for the J. League’s top
job.
“The previous
chairman, Mr. Ohigashi, undertook huge reforms, some of which are now just
beginning,” Murai told a news conference. “I want to implement them well.”
This year, the
league’s third division, J3 is beginning operation, while J1 will adopt a two-stage
format starting in 2015.
Meanwhile, former
Olympic women’s
marathon silver medalist Yuko Arimori and former major league baseball pitcher
Satoru Komiyama were added to the league’s board of directors.
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