Matches in Japan's J-League will kick off before 2 p.m. to help save energy after last month's deadly earthquake and tsunami knocked out a nuclear power plant.
The J-League also said matches in May would start by 4 p.m. as Japan battles power shortages and planned blackouts to reduce the strain on the country's electricity grid.
Japanese baseball has also pulled the plug on night games following the March 11 quake and tsunami that left more than 11,000 dead and over 15,000 missing in northeast Japan.
Japan's Kashima Antlers will play Yokohama F-Marinos in Tokyo when the J-League restarts on April 23 with their stadium still undergoing repairs from quake damage, the league said.
The club's 2002 World Cup stadium could be unusable until the summer.
"It is a very difficult situation," J-League General Secretary Daisuke Nakanishi told Saturday's Japanese media. "It could take until June to fix."
The J-League was suspended after the 9.0 earthquake and subsequent crisis at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant some 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo.
In addition, this season's J-League Cup, scheduled to begin on June 5, has been switched to a knockout format as a result of the disaster, the group stages being scrapped.
The J-League also said matches in May would start by 4 p.m. as Japan battles power shortages and planned blackouts to reduce the strain on the country's electricity grid.
Japanese baseball has also pulled the plug on night games following the March 11 quake and tsunami that left more than 11,000 dead and over 15,000 missing in northeast Japan.
Japan's Kashima Antlers will play Yokohama F-Marinos in Tokyo when the J-League restarts on April 23 with their stadium still undergoing repairs from quake damage, the league said.
The club's 2002 World Cup stadium could be unusable until the summer.
"It is a very difficult situation," J-League General Secretary Daisuke Nakanishi told Saturday's Japanese media. "It could take until June to fix."
The J-League was suspended after the 9.0 earthquake and subsequent crisis at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant some 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo.
In addition, this season's J-League Cup, scheduled to begin on June 5, has been switched to a knockout format as a result of the disaster, the group stages being scrapped.
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