Women's World Cup victory brings joy to Japan  Team's success in
Germany seized upon by population dealing with effects of
earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis A woman reacts as she
reads reports of the women's World Cup victory A woman in Japan
reads reports of the Women's World Cup victory. Photograph:
Shuji Kajiyama/AP  The Japanese have had precious little to
cheer about over the past four months, so they could be forgiven
for the enthusiasm with which they greeted a historic victory in
a football match played in the dead of night thousands of miles
and several time zones away.  The celebrations began as soon as
Saki Kumagai smacked the ball high into the net to seal victory
over the USA in the Women's World Cup final in Germany in the
early hours of Monday morning.  Supporters filed out of bars in
Tokyo and chanted the team's name on the streets in scenes
reminiscent of the men's World Cup in South Africa last summer,
when Japan confounded their critics and reached the knockout
stage.  Many more had se