PM Abe moves to ease World Rugby's fears over RWC 2019

PM Abe moves to ease World Rugby's fears over RWC 2019

Akira Shimazu, CEO of the local organizing committee for the Rugby World Cup 2019, speaks at a press conference at Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2015. Shimazu said that he had received word from World Rugby that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had sent a letter to the sport's governing body expressing his government's continued support for the tournament in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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