Soccer players and fans across Japan honored victims of the recent stadium disaster in Indonesia's East Java Province with a moment's silence before J-League matches on Saturday.
All J-League first-division, J2 and J3 games over the weekend are observing a moment's silence for the 131 people killed in a stampede in the aftermath of an Indonesian top-flight match at the Kanjuruhan Stadium on Oct. 1.
The J-League forged a partnership with Indonesian soccer in 2014, and a number of Japanese clubs have since visited the Southeast Asian country for friendly matches.
Indonesian police said Thursday they are investigating six people, including a soccer club operator and three policemen, on suspicion of negligence that caused the deaths, as well as injuries to nearly 500 others, following the match between Arema FC and Persebaya.
