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  • Closing the gap

    Closing the gap

    Friday 28 October 2011

    The official technical report into this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup™ highlights a number of marked improvements in the women’s game and suggests that the competitive gap has become narrower than ever.

  • Nadeshiko awarded FIFA World Champions Badge

    Nadeshiko awarded FIFA World Champions Badge

    Friday 19 August 2011

    Japan’s success at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011™ has been recognised with the presentation of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Champions Badge.

  • Japan honours women's squad

    Japan honours women's squad

    Thursday 18 August 2011

    Japan honoured its FIFA Women's World Cup™-winning football team as heroes, with the Prime Minister of the country saying that they had given "given courage ... to all of the people" recovering from the recent earthquake tragedy.

  • Japan honours Nadeshiko

    Japan honours Nadeshiko

    Tuesday 2 August 2011

    The victorious Japan team which claimed their inaugural FIFA Women's World crown at Germany 2011, will be honoured by the Japanese government with the "People's Honour Award" for their role in helping restore the nations spirits.

  • Japan's league boosted by World Cup win

    Japan's league boosted by World Cup win

    Monday 25 July 2011

    Japan's national women's league has received a boost in supporters following the nation's FIFA Women's World Cup victory, with almost 18,000 attending to see national captain Homare Sawa's club INAC Kobe.

  • Japan claim maiden title

    Japan claim maiden title

    Wednesday 20 July 2011

    The FIFA Women's World Cup 2011™ in Germany took the feminine side of the world’s most popular sport to a whole new level and will remain forever in the memory.