pre minieroto kan said nadeshiko made the achieveme through rserce he aed the am performance inspired japanese who are struggling to rebuild after the march 11th disaster. >> translator: we are honored we received such a great award. it makes me feel we should again pledge to keep going on so we can encourage people through our performance. >> translator: we all do our best at the preliminary qualifying games for the olympics and tried to get the gold medal. >> the japanese national women's soccer team is the 19th recipient of the people's honor award since its launch in 1977. >>> now a look at the weather forecasts around the world. >>> kendo students from the disaster-stricken area in northeastern japan are practicing their ghting iruia 28apesfr a igschool and a university in iwate prefecture. they visited a gym in moscow on wednesday. they practiced for about two hours with more than 30 russians. the russian kendo federation invited them to train together. the students have had difficulty securing a training facility since the march 11th earthquake and tsunami. >> translator: i app