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Football: Ex-Nadeshiko Japan star Mana Iwabuchi

Mana Iwabuchi, a member of Nadeshiko Japan's 2011 Women's World Cup-winning football squad, attends her retirement press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2023.

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Football: Ex-Nadeshiko Japan star Mana Iwabuchi

Mana Iwabuchi, a member of Nadeshiko Japan's 2011 Women's World Cup-winning football squad, wipes away a tear during her retirement press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2023.

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Ex-Nadeshiko Miyamoto lays ground for 'soccer moms'

TOKYO, Japan - Former Nadeshiko midfielder Tomomi Miyamoto gives an interview to Kyodo News on Jan. 7, 2013 at the office of Iga FC Kunoichi women's soccer team in Iga, Mie Prefecture.

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Ex-Nadeshiko Miyamoto lays ground for 'soccer moms'

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tomomi Miyamoto (8, 3rd from R) playing for the Japan women's soccer team against Sweden at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Japan beat Sweden 1-0 in their opening match for their first-ever victory at an Olympics.

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Ex-Nadeshiko Miyamoto lays ground for 'soccer moms'

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tomomi Miyamoto (L) in action during a women's soccer Empress' Cup semifinal on Dec. 22, 2012 at Nack5 Stadium in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture.

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Soccer: Ex-Nadeshiko coach Sasaki to become univ. vice president

Undated photo shows Norio Sasaki, who stepped down as the head coach of Japan's women's national soccer team in March 2016 after failing to qualify for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 2011 Women's World Cup-winning coach will become the vice president of Jumonji University in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, it was learned on April 22, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo