Women's football in Japan had a rich history before WWII

(Hokkaido University) A team of scientists has found that women's football was common across Japan between the Meiji restoration and the start of the Second World War. In the process, they also uncovered the oldest known photograph of women playing football in Japan, from 1916.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news