I'm going to treat this as the Atomu Tanaka thread to say that I understand as well as interest from Lechia Gdansk he has an offer from an unknown...
YSSC, Grulla Morioka and Renofa Yamaguchi all confirmed as J-League associate members via the J3 site, here.
Full list of Shakaijin finalists: Host 1. Togitsu SC Chugoku 1. Dezzolla Shimane 2. Fagiano Okayama Next 3. Renofa Yamaguchi Hokkaido 1....
Shakaijin finalists from Kyushu: 1. FC Kagoshima 2. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki 3. NSSC Oita 4. Volca Kagoshima
Shakaijin finalists from Hokushinetsu: 1. FC Hokuriku 2. Saurcos Fukui
Shakaijin finalists from Kansai: 1. Amitie SC 2. Banditonce Kakogawa 3. FC Osaka 4. Kandai FC 2008 5. Lagend Shiga FC ... and from Shikoku:...
Saurcos Fukui have become the first Regional League champions of 2013. Their win over Toyama Shinjo Club today means Saurcos have retained the...
Maruyasu Industries won the Eastern Japan Shakaijin tournament in Yamagata on Monday, beating an Iwate select XI (in fact Grulla Morioka) 1-0 in...
Another bunch of Shakaijin finalists: Chugoku 1. Dezzolla Shimane 2. Fagiano Okayama Next 3. Renofa Yamaguchi
Shaikijin finalists from two regions decided today: Kanto 1. Chiba Teachers 2. Joyful Honda Tsukuba FC 3. Tonan Maebashi 4. Urayasu SC 5....
I understand Matsui is currently in Poland with a view to signing for Lechia Gdansk.
Kuroshio have confirmed that they've changed their name to Llamas Kochi FC, here.
News of the last one: TOK1 starts on 5th May, TOK2 starts on 12th.
Kyushu starts on 6th April.
Tohoku 1 and 2(N) start on 7th April, 2(S) starts on 21st April.
Hokushinetsu starts on 14th April.
Kodemari - Kuroshio say in this Soccernow interview (JPN) they've changed their name to Llamas Kochi FC.
Shikoku starts on 7th April.
Soccer Now lists eight Regional League clubs looking at J3 entry, here.
Reinmeer Aomori say they're interested in a J3 spot (and a 20,000-capacity stadium), here.
Western Shakaijin results, with the title being shared by Kuroshio and Volca as respective group winners. Group 1 First Round 16 Feb Amitie SC...
Update on J3 news via Sports Hochi, here (JPN).
The 2013 season starts this weekend with the staging in Oita of the Western Japan Shakaijin tournament. This is the 32nd edition, last year's...
Blog post on where Sagawa Shiga players have moved to, here (JPN).
The homepage of the Kochi U Torastar site, here, features the most terrifying use of Flash I think I've ever seen, which has rather put me off...