Japan thrashed 10-player Black Queens of Ghana 4-0 in a friendly game played in Kanazawa on Saturday.
The game is part of Japan’s preparation for their group fixtures against Super Falcons of Nigeria, Brazil and Spain, at his summer’s Paris Olympics.
Japan has now won three consecutive friendly games, having defeated New Zealand 2-0 and 4-1 in May and June respectively.
Ghana, who had a player sent off in the 23rd minute, managed to go into the halftime break goalless.
But their resilience was finally broken as Mina Tanaka gave Japan the lead in the 51st minute, while Maika Hamano made it 2-0 on 65 minutes.
In the 67th minute Aoba Fujino added the third goal before Riko Ueki completed the rout by netting the fourth goal on 80 minutes.
Japan will open their campaign at the Olympics against women’s World Cup champions Spain July 25 and face Brazil July 28.
They will end the group stage with a clash against the Super Falcons on July 31.
This would be the second time the Super Falcons would face Japan in the football event at the Olympics.
The first and only time both countries clash led at the games was in the group stage at Athens 2004 with the Falcons winning 1-0.
In the last three meetings between both teams which have been in friendly games, Japan has won all by 2-0 score-lines.
Olaitan Ibrahim