Nadeshiko Japan has defeated Canada 2-1 in first 2012 Olympic soccer match today

Nadeshiko Japan has defeated Canada 2-1 in first 2012 Olympic soccer match today.
In history of Japan, women have always played important roles in nation-building, contrary to what the West preaches on Japan and her culture. They are the women who deserve to be called "Yamato Nadeshiko", literally meaning "Japanese Dianthus", a flower believed to be lovely and yet spiritually strong resembling to the Japanese women.

 

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