Mitsubishi win the Emperor's Cup
　Mitsubishi F.C. of Tokyo won the Emperor's Cup, beating the League Champions Yanmar Diesel of Osaka in the final which took place on New Year's Day at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.

　T.V. Audience of over Ten Million
　Over ten million people were estimated to have seen the Inter-High School football tournament on the nation-wide Japanese television networks. The final and semi-finals of the tournament were networked by 38 T.V. companies which cover all parts of Japan. The other matches were also televised in the prefectures whose teams were represented. The tournament was held from Jan.3rd till Jan. 7th in Osaka, and twenty three matches took place. The Narashino High School team from Chiba prefecture near Tokyo won the championship.

　Reforming the League
　Although one former League club has ceased to maintain its football team after suffering relegation from the League, the National League itself has been expanded from eight to eighteen clubs with the addition of a second division consisting of ten clubs.
　The promotion and relegation system of the Japanese League is rather different from that in European countries, and until now the bottom two clubs at the end of each season have had to accept challenges from two regional, league clubs selected through a tournament. The winners of these matches obtained positions in the League for the following season.
　At the end of last season, the bottom team, Nagoya Sogo Bank, lost their match against Towa Fudosan and were consequently relegated. The disappointed owner of the Nagoya team immediately ordered that the football activities of his club should cease. Most of the team's players, who were employees of the bank, changed their occupations and obtained jobs at another company which is planning to form a new football team from next season. Thus one of the founder clubs of the Japanese Soccer League has been practically dissolved.
　The owner of the newly promoted Towa Fudosan F. C. showed a firmer and more positive attitude towards football. Mr. Masaaki Fujita, who is a Diet Member and President of a civil engineering company, declared that he intends to introduce professionalism in his team if the Association allows him to do so. He has also invited Mr. Yukio Shimomura to be team manager. Mr. Shimomura is the former manager of Toyo Kogyo, who has won the League title five times in seven years under his leadership.
　A few days after the dissolution of the Nagoya Sogo Bank team, the Japanese Football Association decided to recognise the formation of a second division. Eight regional League clubs were chosen to be initial members of the new division, and two more clubs were added later after the selection matches.
　The General Secretary of the League has recently been replaced. Mr. Yoshinori Shigematsu resigned for business reason, and Mr. Ken Inoue was appointed to the position in his place.
　We now have a total of eighteen clubs in our National League, eight in the first division and ten in the second, but this is only a first step in reforming the Japanese Soccer League. How many clubs will the first division contain in the future? What system will be adopted for promotion and relegation? Will professionalism have to be introduced in the League? These are the questions which will now have to be studied by the new General Secretary.

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