Japan’s first professional women’s football league, the WE League, starts this weekend! Until now, the Nadeshiko League has been the top women’s league in Japan, however, the WE League has been established with the aim of creating a generation of professional women's footballers.
The WE in WE League stands for ‘Women’s Empowerment’, with the goal of “becoming a driving force for women’s empowerment in Japan,” and, “aiming for a society where all of us involved in the league are active as protagonists.
