The Olympic Team for Mexico
The Japan Olympic Committee decided that the football team for the Mexico tournament would be composed of 18 players, although the Football Association strongly requested 19 players.
The reason for the reduction is not a financial one, but the J. O. C. was pressed by public opinion that the delegation was too large. Japan will send 187 athletes in 17sports to Mexico.
Japanese players expect to enter the quarterfinal in Mexico. They will meet Nigeria, Brazil and Spain in group B matches. But the high altitude of Mexico City, 2240meters, would be the main obstacle for them. They are unable to find a high-altitude training camp ill their own country.

　All Star Games of Japan Soccer League
The annual all star games between East and West Japan were held on Aug. 3 in Tokyo and on Aug. 6 in Osaka.
The eight clubs of the Japan Soccer League were divided into two groups representing the EAST and WEST districts, and the players representing each district were selected by football writers. The Western district won both games this year.
This was the third year of this annual event, the West having won six straight games against no losses.

The Japan Soccer (Football) League was founded in 1965 after the Olympic Games in Tokyo had inspired a national interest in the sport.
The national league of Japan consists of eight clubs, all of them Company teams. The players of each club are all amateurs and the employees of their Company.
For example, the players of Mitsubishi F. C. are working as clerks of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Company and they train or play games after working hours.
The season is divided into two halves.
The first half begins from the first week of April and ends in the last week of June.The second half this year will begin in the middle of November and last until the middle of December.
The matches are played on a home and away basis, the same as the national leagues of other countries.
Toyo Kogyo F. C. of Hiroshima have captured the Championship three times in succession since the league was founded, and they are top of the league after the first half of the 1968 season.
Spectators at the league matches are increasing year by year.
The average attendance per game was 2,400 in 1965, 3,600 in 1966, and 6,100 in 1967.Baseball is the most popular sport now in Japan, but soccer is making tremendous headway and has a great future in this country.

The eight clubs of the J. S. L. are as follows:

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