The 12th ISF Women’s World Softball Championship in Caracas, Venezuela started with wins for Olympic champion Japan and host Venezuela on Wednesday. In the opening match Japan hit four homerun to crush Argentina 13-1 in four innings. Afterwards a homerun by Yurubi Alicart lifted Venezuela to a 1-0 shutout over the Dominican team. The European teams the Netherlands, Great Britain and the Czech Republic will start into the tournament today with the Dutch and the British squads squaring off against each other at 5pm local time.