We investigated the ideal way to conduct the Home-Grown-Player (HGP) system. In this study we clarified the number of people enrolled in HGP, the time of participation, the training environment, and the area where participants grew up, to provide basic data for the J-League from the viewpoint of training young players in Japan. We investigated definition 1 (J-HGP1), which is a player who has been in the club for 3 years from age 15 to 21. In addition, J-League also separately defined players who have graduated from high school or university (J-HGP2). We calculated the contrast value of the HGP Ratio Value (HRV) as an indicator of the achievement of training. Also, in order to know the regional nature of HGP, clubs and development organizations were categorized by prefecture (J-HGP2 (prefecture)). The ratio of the number of HGP enrolled persons was 30% or more and the HRV was 1.00 or more. In J-HGP1, C. Osaka (1.33) was the only club in the J-League. This suggests that the young players who have been nurtured are being sent to clubs in Japan and overseas, and that a cycle in which changes in the generations of the players and renewal of their metabolism is emerging. In J-HGP2, the enrollment ratio and participation time ratio values were higher than those of J-HGP1. This indicates that players in the J-League are being brought up in the training environment of high schools and universities. This remarkably represents a characteristic of being a rare league in many worlds. Furthermore, in J-HGP2 (prefecture), there are 9 prefectures where the enrollment ratio exceeded 30%. The HRV of 1.00 or higher were found in the two metropolitan areas of Tokyo (1.12) and Chiba (1.04). It turns out that Japanese HGP is affected by the characteristics of the environment which is made up of many high schools and universities.

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This study deals with factors affecting the migration of J.League players. The purpose of this study is to describe the reasons why J.League players transfer to foreign football clubs. The data of this study were collected from Internet websites, magazines, newspapers, books that the players published, and statistical reports. In this study, 107 cases were gathered. First in this study, the history of the migration of Japanese football players during 1975-2003 is described and the numbers of cases and the destinations of the players are explained. The pattern of the migration is divided into three periods. The first period is from 1975 to 1992. This period was before the launching of the J.League. In Japan, there had not been any professional football players before 1986. Therefore, small numbers of migration, just 20 cases were found. The second period was from 1993 to 1997. In this period, J.League was started, however because the Japanese national team had never qualified for the World Cup, the reputation of Japanese players was not so high. The last period was after 1998. In this period, the Japanese national team could qualify for the France World Cup and Nakata, Hidetoshi succeeded in playing for the Italian club, 'Perugia'. In this period, the numbers of the migrations of the J.League players greatly increased. This study also shows some factors affecting the migration of the J.League players. The factors were divided into psychological factors, skill and adaptation factors, and socioinstitutional factors. Moreover, our findings regarding these factors support McGovern's paper of 2002.

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Over the past three decades, sport has developed into a global phenomenon. The increasing economic, cultural and political significance of sport has been recognized by governments throughout the world. Through a careful review of cross-national research literature on sport policies since the late 1960s, when the globalization of sport began to emerge, it is suggested that there were three developmental stages in this field. The first stage was the decade from the late 1960s, stimulated by the international development of the "sport for all" movement. The next stage was the decade of expansion of collaborative efforts among scholars encouraged by the foundation of the International Committee on Comparative Physical Education and Sport(ICCPES)and the adoption of the International Charter on Physical Education and Sport by UNESCO in 1978. The final stage was the decade that saw the political dislocation of the countries of Eastern Europe and the consolidation of the new European Community. During this period, most countrie were confronted increasingly by similar problems and issues such as drug abuse, spectator violence, the exploitation of young athletes and the access of television channels to major international sport events. A global network for sport information has developed to access data from the "gray literaure" in this field. Research methodology has also improved from a descripitive or encyclopedic approach to more dedicated adoption of research parameters and theoretical models of policy analysis in general.

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