TOKYO - Sachio Shimomura, a former manager of the Japan national football team who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, has died of old age, the Japan Football Association said Sunday. He was 94.

A former Japan goalkeeper, Shimomura became coach of Toyo Kogyo, now J.League first-division club Sanfrecce Hiroshima, in 1965 and guided them to five Japan Soccer League titles and three Emperor's Cup triumphs.