FC Tokyo hoped to coincide the city’s Olympic Games with a gold medal of their own. It appears they must settle for silver. Citizens of neighbouring, Yokohama, Hamako as they call themselves, hold specific opinions on Tokyo,…

The greatest battles are internal. Derbies define us. Whose colours do we wear? Whose banner do we fly? Who are we proud to stand with? For what do we stand? In this manner, the Emperor’s Cup fits the same criteria as the FA Cup. A famous…

The people of Kanagawa are a lucky bunch. The big port city of Yokohama on their doorstep and the beachy surroundings of rural Shonan. They’ve even got Kawasaki who won the league last year, but that’s another story. To get to the…

The J.League is set to return in just under a month’s time. One very exciting player in the Land of the Rising Sun is Curacao international Quenten Martinus. Martinus first came to my attention when I knew I was moving to Yokohama.…

Moving to Japan. The greatest thing I’ve ever done. The lights are brighter, the trains are busier and the football is better. Okay the last one, you might think is a stretch – but I can assure you it’s still good here in…

Japan's football season, the J.League kicked off last week; seemingly nothing went to the usual plot. This round of fixtures continued along the same theme with a surprising set of results. The weekend's action started with the conventional…

The dust has just about settled on last weekend's enthralling end-to-end games, although the table hasn't shifted much as only three of the nine games produced winners, the six others ended in stalemate. Yokohama FM now tops the table thanks…