Japan rugby team returns home

Japan rugby team returns home

Japan head coach Eddie Jones (2nd from front), captain Michael Leitch (front) and other members of Japan's national rugby team receive a hero's welcome from a large crowd of fans at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 13, 2015, after returning from England. The team failed to reach the last eight but won three games in Pool B at the Rugby World Cup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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