The Japan women 's national soccer team is also known as [UNK] -- or beautiful girl in Japanese . Japan is seeking its first Women 's World Cup title . There are just 100 girls registered to play international soccer in Japan , a country of more than 125 million people .
The Japan women 's national soccer team is also known as Nadeshiko -- or beautiful flower in Japanese . Japan is seeking its first women 's World Cup title . There are just 25,000 girls registered to play youth soccer in Japan , a country of more than 125 million people .