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HOMARE SAWA

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 24, 2021
Nadeshiko Japan hero Homare Sawa to miss Tokyo Olympic torch relay
Homare Sawa, the most valuable player and top goal scorer of the World Cup in Germany, is dealing with a long-term condition affecting her inner ear and will not run in the relay.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 17, 2019
2011 World Cup winners will open torch relay
The members of the Nadeshiko Japan soccer team that won the Women's World Cup in 2011 will open the domestic leg of the Olympic torch relay, the 2020 Tokyo Games organizing committee announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Mar 29, 2018
With new name and mission, Japan Sport Association seeks greater public participation in sports
The Japan Sports Association is modifying its organizational name beginning with the start of the new fiscal year on Sunday.
SOCCER
Jan 10, 2017
Ex-Nadeshiko star Sawa gives birth to girl
Homare Sawa, a former soccer player who was the 2011 Women's World Cup MVP and top scorer, has given birth to a baby girl, her first child, her agent said Tuesday.
SOCCER
Jul 19, 2016
Ex-Nadeshiko star Sawa pregnant
Former FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa said Tuesday she is expecting her first child in January.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 6, 2016
Nadeshiko Japan staring into abyss
Since lifting the 2011 Women's World Cup, Japan reached the Olympic final the following year, won the 2014 Women's Asian Cup and returned to the World Cup final last summer in Canada.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 3, 2016
Sawa rips struggling Nadeshiko Japan, questions players' desire
Homare Sawa just couldn't take it anymore.
SOCCER
Feb 27, 2016
JFA chief Daini considers nominating Sawa for FIFA council
Japan Football Association president Kuniya Daini said Friday that he is mulling the possibility of nominating recently retired former Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa for FIFA's new council.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 25, 2016
Ogimi receives No. 10 shirt before final Olympic qualifiers
Frankfurt striker Yuki Ogimi has inherited the No. 10 shirt from retired icon Homare Sawa as manager Norio Sasaki announced the Nadeshiko Japan team for the women's final Asian qualifiers for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 14, 2016
Nadeshiko Japan begins life without Sawa
Japan coach Norio Sasaki says his players must adapt to life without talismanic midfielder Homare Sawa as he named his squad for the team's first training camp since the former Women's World Player of the Year retired last month.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 27, 2015
Sawa lifts cup in swan song
Homare Sawa has always been regarded as a winner throughout her long career. And she was still thought of in that way when she left the pitch for the final time.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 26, 2015
Sawa aims for goal in career finale
Homare Sawa will take to the field on Sunday for the very last time in her 25-year career, and the women's soccer icon is determined to end on a high note with the Empress' Cup in her hand, and with a goal, too.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 23, 2015
Sawa, INAC advance to Empress Cup final
Homare Sawa will have the chance to end her illustrious career with a trophy after Kobe INAC Leonessa downed Vegalta Sendai Ladies 2-0 in the Empress Cup semifinals on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 19, 2015
Retiring Sawa, INAC reach Empress' Cup semifinals
Homare Sawa, who announced her retirement at the end of the season, will at least have another game before calling it a career after playing the full 90 minutes in INAC Kobe Leonessa's 2-0 win over AS Saitama in the Empress' Cup quarterfinals on Saturday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 17, 2015
Sawa ending illustrious career with no regrets
Former FIFA Women's Player of the Year Homare Sawa is putting an end to her unrivaled career with "no regrets," the Japan midfielder saying Thursday she is retiring at season's end because she has nothing more to give.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 16, 2015
Japanese soccer icon Sawa ready to hang up boots
Homare Sawa, the 2011 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year, announced her retirement from soccer on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 12, 2015
Sawa breaks silence about husband
Former Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa described her new husband and former Vegalta Sendai player Hiroaki Tsujikami as a "manly man who doesn't lie and has a strong sense of responsibility."
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 11, 2015
Soccer star Sawa gets married
Former Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa is married.
Japan Times
SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Jul 7, 2015
Nadeshiko reflect on World Cup journey after return to Japan
Nadeshiko Japan manager Norio Sasaki wasted no time in targeting the gold medal at next year's Rio Olympics as the beaten Women's World Cup finalists returned home from Canada on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / Women's World Cup / SOCCER SCENE
Jul 1, 2015
Gritty Japan gathering steam ahead of semifinal against England
Japan is still waiting to ignite at the Women's World Cup, but the slow burn that has carried the team all the way to the semifinals may yet be enough to take it further.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
In a first, Japan doctors sue Google over negative reviews on firm's map app
One of the lawyers representing a group of doctors suing Google told a news conference that the main purpose of the lawsuit is not to seek compensation but instead to raise awareness over various problems with the Google Maps system.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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