Yoshinori Muto of Vissel Kobe scores in the second half of a J-League first division match against

Vissel Kobe's Yoshinori Muto( L) and Shimizu S-Pulse's Valdo vie for the ball during the first half

Vissel Kobe's Yuya Osako, second from left, celebrates his opener during a J-League first-division

Stadium in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov.... Grampus fell five points behind third-place Vissel

Yuya Osako of Vissel Kobe reacts after scoring the winner in the second half of a J-League football

named veterans with European experience in Vissel Kobe forwards Yuya Osako and Yoshinori Muto as well

TOKYO( Kyodo)--Japan forward Kyogo Furuhashi scored a hat trick Sunday in an outstanding home debut for Celtic, helping manager Ange Postecoglou earn his first Scottish Premier League victory with a 6-0 thrashing of Dundee.... Postecoglou said he was sure Furuhashi, the J-League's leading scorer this season, would" add something special" to the Glasgow club.... " He got three goals and probably could have got a couple more, but his defensive work was also outstanding," the former Yokohama F Ma

Kyogo Furuhashi of Celtic celebrates after scoring a goal against Hearts during a Scottish Premiership match in Glasgow on Dec.... Furuhashi had scored 15 goals for Kobe in the J-League before his mid-season departure.... In England, Takehiro Tomiyasu played the full 90 minutes at right-back for Arsenal but was unable to save them from a 3-2 defeat away to Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo scoring the 70th-minute winner at Old Trafford for his second on the night....

Kawasaki Frontale midfielder Yasuto Wakizaka shoots during a J-League first-division match against Shimizu S-Pulse at IAI Stadium in Shizuoka, Japan, on July 17, 2021.... The victory at Shizuoka's IAI Stadium took the runaway league leaders another step closer to their second straight championship and their fourth in five seasons.... Oshima's 50th-minute goal marked a happy J1 return for the former Japan playmaker, who was sidelined with a calf injury from the start of the season before taking

Kyogo Furuhashi of Celtic scores a goal during a Scottish Premiership match on Aug.... The video posted on social media showed Rangers fans traveling on a bus calling Furuhashi's name while singing a song insulting Asians, while one of them was also seen pulling his eyes closed.... " To be honest, it saddens me a lot because I'm the one who's brought him over," said Postecoglou, who left Yokohama F Marinos also of the J-League in June before signing Furuhashi to join him in Scotland....