MOSCOW -- Heading into the World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow, Japan's women skaters, once so dominant, are now a question mark.

They could win the title, get more than one medal or no medal at all.

At the beginning of the season, things looked great for the Japanese women. They had won all the major titles available to them in the 2003-2004 season: world championship, world junior championship, Four Continents, senior and junior Grand Prix Final.