Japan women's football team

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Alex Bishop in Tokyo

20, Feb, 2024 @11:26 AM

Mana Iwabuchi: ‘Manadona’ calls time on glittering career but stays in game

The creative forward, who won the World Cup with Japan in 2011 and plenty of admirers, has retired at the age of 30

Alex Bishop in Tokyo

13, Sep, 2023 @10:55 AM

Sweden joy, England make move: Women’s World Cup power rankings

Sweden move to first place after beating Japan while Australia, England and Spain also rose after their quarter-final wins

Sophie Downey

13, Aug, 2023 @5:00 PM

Japan 1-2 Sweden: Women’s World Cup 2023 quarter-final – as it happened

Sweden, who scored through Amanda Ilestedt and a Filippa Angeldal penalty, stave off a Japan comeback to seal a semi-final clash against Spain

Sarah Rendell

11, Aug, 2023 @10:15 AM

Impressive Sweden stun Japan to secure World Cup semi-final against Spain

Sweden advanced to a second consecutive World Cup semi-final after goals from Amanda Ilestedt and Filippa Angeldahl saw off Japan 2-1

Sophie Downey

11, Aug, 2023 @10:10 AM

Women’s World Cup: eight fans preview the quarter-finals

Supporters give the lowdown on Spain v Netherlands, Japan v Sweden, France v Australia and England v Colombia

Guardian readers and Tom Stevens

10, Aug, 2023 @3:01 PM

Hinata Miyazawa: how Japan’s unlikely star took World Cup by storm

Modest 23-year-old, who has stayed in Japan to focus on her education alongside playing football, is the Women’s World Cup’s breakout performer

Alex Bishop in Tokyo

10, Aug, 2023 @9:49 AM

Women’s World Cup power rankings: France on the rise, England drop down

Japan remain in first place but France, Australia, Spain and Colombia are all making upward moves

Suzanne Wrack and Sophie Downey

09, Aug, 2023 @12:19 PM

Japan 3-1 Norway: Women’s World Cup 2023 last 16 – as it happened

Japan were pegged back by Guro Reiten’s header before Risa Shimizu and Hinata Miyazawa struck to set up a clash with Sweden or USA. Scott Murray was watching

Scott Murray

05, Aug, 2023 @10:23 AM

Japan advance to World Cup last eight as Hinata Miyazawa strike sinks Norway

Hinata Miyazawa’s fifth goal of the tournament secured a deserved quarter-final place for Japan after Guro Reiten had levelled for Norway

Sophie Downey

05, Aug, 2023 @10:21 AM

Japan joy, Germany dejection: Women’s World Cup power rankings

We rank the teams after a compelling group stage characterised by shocks and emerging stars, from Miyazawa to Caicedo and Dumornay

Suzanne Wrack in Sydney and Sophie Downey in Melbourne

04, Aug, 2023 @1:00 PM

Humble but ruthless Japan difficult to stop as dismantling of Spain was no fluke | Karen Carney

Japan’s counterattacking gameplan left group rivals with no answers and their adaptability will prove tough to break down

Karen Carney

04, Aug, 2023 @7:00 AM

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