Champions Kashima Antlers snapped a six-match winless streak Saturday with a 3-0 win over JEF United Chiba, but Oita Trinita's survival bid ended after a 1-1 draw at 10-man Kyoto Sanga condemned the Kyushu club to relegation to the second division.

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