Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Japan women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.

[8] Japan's women's national team made their international debut at the 2003 IWCC Trophy in the Netherlands.

Their return to international level did not come until September 2006 when they faced Papua New Guinea in a three match series of one day games to decide which country would represent the East Asia/Pacific region in the World Cup Qualifier in Ireland some time in 2007.

[10] Japan were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.

[11] In January 2023 it was announced that Japan and Indonesia would be included in Asian Cricket Council (ACC) pathway events, while remaining in the ICC East Asia-Pacific development region.