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Exchange Program

Purpose

Actually, a system for referees' international transfer does not exist. In order to let referees and instructors gain international experience outside Japan, a " referee exchange program" is conducted since 2008 in co-operation with football associations and federations of other countries. Efforts are made in order to create opportunities for gain international experience through international exchanges with these countries.
Dispatched referees referee league's matches and international matches in foreign countries and foreign referees invited in Japan referee J-League's matches and international matches in Japan.

Past records

2017
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Poland Invited : J-League / KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2017
Period : From 24th May 2017 to 9th June 2017
Referees : Daniel STEFANSKI, Marcin BONIEK, Dawid GOLIS
2016
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Australia Dispatched : Hyndai A-League
Period : From 9th March 2016 to 21th March 2016
Participants : OKABE Takuto, FUKUSHIMA Koichiro
Invited : J-League, International friendly match
Referees : Benjamin WILLIAMS, Jarred GILLETT
Poland Dispatched : Poland League 1/League Cup(Semifinal)/International friendly match(First representative team:Poland vs Lithuania)
Period : From 24th March 2016 to 11th April 2016
Participants : KIMURA Hiroyuki, NAGI Toshiyuki, TANAKA Toshiyuki
Invited : J-League, International friendly match
Referees : Bartosz Pawel FRANKOWSKI、Konrad SAPELA、Michal Dominik OBUKOWICZ
2015
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Australia Dispatched : Hyndai A-League
Period : From 6th March 2015 to 13th March 2016, From 26th March 2015 to 4th April 2015
Participants : YAMAMOTO Yudai, ENOMOTO Kazuyoshi
Invited : J-League
Referees : Christopher BEATH, Jarred GILLET
2014
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England Dispatched : Emirates Cup
Period : From 27th July 2014 to 11th August 2014
Participants : SATO Ryuji, YAGI Akane
Invited : J-League
Referees : TIERNEY Paul, COOTE David
Poland Dispatched : International friendly match(First representative team:Poland vs Lithuania)/Poland League 1
Period : From 22nd May 2014 to 7th June 2014
Participants : TOJO Minoru, OTSUKA Haruhiko, TANAKA Toshiyuki
Invited : International friendly match (Japan vs Cyprus)/J-League
Referees : RACZKOWSKI Pawel, SAPELA Konrad, WIERZBOWSKI Maciej
2013
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England Dispatched : U-21 England League
Period : From 21st November 2013 to 6th December 2013
Participants : OKABE Takuto, FUKUSHIMA Koichiro
Invited : J-League
Referees : MARTIN Stephen James, ADCOCK James Gary
Poland Dispatched : International friendly match(First representative team:Poland vs Denmark)/Poland League 1
Period : From 2nd August 2013 to 16th August 2013
Participants : YAMAMOTO Yudai, NAGI Toshiyuki, OCHI Shinji
Invited : International friendly match (Japan vs Uruguay)/J-League
Referees : MARCINIAK Szymon, SIEJKA RADOSŁAW, SOKOLNICKI Paweł
2012
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Paraguay Dispatched : League
Period : From 9th June 2012 to 11th July 2012(32days)
Participants : SATO Ryuji, OTSUKA Haruhiro, KARAKAMI Satoshi
Invited : International friendly match(U-22 National team:Japan vs New Zealand)/J-Leagu
Participants : Antonio Jabier ARIAS ALVARENGA, Rodney Ubaldo AQUINO MALDONADO, Carlos CACERES ZARATE
England Dispatched : U-21 England League, FA Cup
Period : From 24th October 2012 to 8th November 2012(16days)
Participants : Junpei Iida, hiroyuki Kimura
Invited : J-League
Referees : FRIEND Kevin Anthony, DEADMAN Darren Zac
2011
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England Dispatched : International friendly match(U-19 National team:England vs Denmark)/ FA Cup
Period : From 30th October 2011 to 21st November 2011 ( 23 days)
Participants : IEMOTO Masaaki, IMAMURA Yoshirou
Invited : Suruga Bank Championship / J-League
Participants : Lee Probert, Robert Madley
2010
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England Dispatched : International friendly match(First representative team:England vs Mexico)
Period : From 22nd May 2010 to 26th May 2010
Participants : IEMOTO Masaaki, NAGI Toshiyuki, OTSUKA Haruhiro
Invited : Suruga Bank Championship / J-League
Participants : Stuart Attwell, Anthony Tayler
Poland Dispatched : International friendly match(First representative team:Poland vs Côte d'Ivoire)/ League
Period : From 11th November 2010 to 28th November 2010 (18 days)
Participants : IEMOTO Masaaki, YAMAGUCHI Hiroshi, YAGI Akane
Invited : International friendly match(First representative team : Japan vs Argentine)/J-League / The Emperor's Cup
Participants : GIL Pawel, BORKOWSKI Marcin Piotr, LIS Marcin Wojciech
2009
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Poland Dispatched : International friendly match(First representative team : Poland vs Greece)/League
Period : From 7th August 2009 to 2nd September 2009
Participants : OGIYA Kenji , SAGARA Toru, YAMASAKI Yasuhiko
Invited : International friendly match(First representative team:Japan vs Togo)/J-League / The Emperor's Cup
Participants : MIKULSKI Tomasz, SADCZUK Piotr, ROSTKOWSKI Rafal
2008
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Poland Dispatched : International friendly match(U-17 National teams:Hungary vs Denmark)/League
Period : From 12th August 2008 to 2nd September 2008
Participants : NISHIMURA Yuichi, SAGARA Toru, OKANO Takahiro
Invited : International friendly match (First representative team :Japan vs Uruguay)/J-League
Participants : BORSKI Marcin, MYRMUS Krzysztof, SZYMANIK Maciej
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