FOCUS: As women's football grows in Europe, Japan aims to follow suit

In a sign of its growing global status, women's football at the next Summer Olympics will feature more participating teams than the men's competition.The number of teams will expand from 12 to 16 in Los Angeles, marking the first time in Olympic history that women will have a bigger representation in the global sport.In Europe, some clubs draw more spectators to women's games than to men's, bringing in huge amounts of money, in contrast to Japan's still-struggling WE League that kicked off in 2021.Pronounced "we," the first two letters are an acronym for "women's empowerment."The burgeoning…READ FULL ARTICLE