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NADESHIKO

Japan Times
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Feb 9, 2017
Takakura chooses youth over experience for Algarve Cup squad
German-based striker Yuki Nagasato was left out as Nadeshiko Japan manager Asako Takakura on Thursday named four uncapped players to her squad for the upcoming Algarve Cup in Portugal.
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Jan 24, 2017
Nadeshiko Japan to host Costa Rica in April friendly
Former women's world champion Nadeshiko Japan will play Costa Rica in a friendly in Kumamoto on April 9, the Japan Football Association said Tuesday.
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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.
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Sep 30, 2016
Ex-Nadeshiko striker Maruyama to retire
Former Japan women's striker Karina Maruyama will retire at the end of the current season, her team Speranza FC Osaka Takatsuki announced Friday.
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Jul 22, 2016
Sweden routs Nadeshiko in friendly
Former women's world champion Nadeshiko Japan remain winless in three games under new coach Asako Takakura after going down 3-0 away to Sweden in a friendly on Thursday.
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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
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Jul 6, 2016
Nadeshiko stalwarts Miyama, Iwabuchi to miss Sweden friendly
Nadeshiko Japan coach Asako Takakura overlooked regular captain Aya Miyama for selection as she named her squad on Wednesday for an upcoming friendly away to Sweden.
Japan Times
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Jun 17, 2016
INAC confirms Seattle move for Kawasumi
Nahomi Kawasumi, who played a pivotal role in helping Nadeshiko Japan win the 2011 Women's World Cup, will join U.S. National Women's Soccer League club the Seattle Reign, INAC Kobe Leonessa confirmed Friday.
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Jun 16, 2016
Nadeshiko Japan to travel to Sweden for friendly
Former women's world champion Nadeshiko Japan will play Sweden away in a friendly next month, the Japan Football Association said on Thursday.
Japan Times
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Jun 6, 2016
Nadeshiko-U.S. game abandoned in storm
The second match of Japan's two-game friendly series away to the United States on Sunday was halted and ultimately abandoned with the Americans leading 2-0 in the second half because of a thunderstorm.
Japan Times
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Jun 2, 2016
Nadeshiko Japan makes new start under Takakura
All eyes will be on new Nadeshiko Japan manager Asako Takakura and her newly assembled charges when Japan faces world champion United States on Thursday in the first game of a two-match friendly tour.
Japan Times
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May 27, 2016
Kumagai penalty helps secure Champions League title for Lyon
Nadeshiko Japan defender Saki Kumagai helped Olympique Lyonnais capture their third Champions League title on Thursday after she put in a player-of-the-match performance and converted the final spot kick to clinch a 4-3 shootout victory against Wolfsburg following a 1-1 draw.
Japan Times
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May 20, 2016
Nadeshiko boss Takakura announces youthful side for managerial debut
New Nadeshiko Japan manager Asako Takakura picked a youthful side on Friday as the 48-year-old prepares for her first matches in charge.
Japan Times
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Apr 27, 2016
Takakura hired as first female manager of Nadeshiko Japan
The Japan Football Association appointed Nadeshiko Japan's first ever female manager on Wednesday, naming four-time Asian women's coach of the year Asako Takakura as successor to Norio Sasaki.
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Apr 26, 2016
JFA on verge of hiring Takakura as next Nadeshiko Japan coach: sources
The Japan Football Association is poised to name Under-20 women's coach Asako Takakura as the new head coach of the national women's team, Nadeshiko Japan, JFA sources said Tuesday.
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Apr 25, 2016
JFA targeting Takakura for Nadeshiko Japan post
The Japan Football Association is poised to ask women's Under-20 head coach Asako Takakura to take over the women's national team, Nadeshiko Japan, following a decision by the JFA Women's Committee on Monday.
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Apr 22, 2016
Ex-Nadeshiko Japan coach to begin new 'challenge' as Jumonji University VP
Former Nadeshiko Japan head coach Norio Sasaki will become the vice president of Jumonji University in Saitama Prefecture, it was learned Friday.
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Apr 20, 2016
Nadeshiko to play extra match against U.S.
Former women's world champions Nadeshiko Japan will play a second exhibition match against United States away in June, the Japan Football Association said Wednesday.
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Apr 6, 2016
JFA hopes to have Nadeshiko manager in place before friendly against U.S.
New Japan Football Association President Kozo Tashima said Tuesday that the women's national team will need to have a coach in place before June, when Nadeshiko Japan will play a friendly against the United States.
Japan Times
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Mar 18, 2016
Sasaki reflects on Nadeshiko tenure
Norio Sasaki said Friday he is proud of his endeavor with Nadeshiko Japan after his tenure as head coach of the women's national came to an end.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Yen’s fragility raises specter of a new currency war in Asia
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Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
Online booking for Mount Fuji climb to open on May 20
Visitors climb the slopes of Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters. From May 20, climbers will have access to a new online booking system for Mount Fuji's most popular Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.
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The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
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George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.

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