Forward Hideki Ishige has been signed on a two-year contract from the J1 league.

The 29-year-old is closing in on 300 professional matches.

The move follows last week's signing of midfielder Kazuki Nagasawa from the J2 league.

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14 Nov: The Police dive squad is searching reservoirs - as they hunt a 77-year-old last missing from Porirua since Sunday

14 Nov: The Police watchdog's found Police were justified in fatally shooting a man in Lower Hutt's Wainuiomata in November last year

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