Japan ready for possible terrorist attack on World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese Self-Defense Forces officer, clad in protective gear, appears at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on May 16 during a meeting of officials from 10 prefectures where the World Cup soccer matches will be held. The Defense Agency called the meeting to prepare for possible terrorist attacks on the May 31-June 30 World Cup finals to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea.

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA001089993

Registered date
2002/5/16 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source
2002 Kyodo News

Media size
1864 × 2457 pixel

Resolution
dpi

Deployment size
1.08(MB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Japan PM Kishida after N. Korea's ICBM test

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida enters his office in Tokyo on March 16, 2023, after North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile just hours before his meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in the Japanese capital. The missile is believed to have fallen outside Japan's exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan.

World Baseball Classic

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida throws the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a World Baseball Classic Pool B game between Japan and South Korea at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

World Baseball Classic

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) poses next to Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama ahead of a World Baseball Classic Pool B game between Japan and South Korea at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

World Baseball Classic

Soccer square for citizens opens in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A 9,000-square-meter soccer park for citizens is opened Feb. 3 in Yokohama to promote the 2002 World Cup soccer games. The space, located in Minatomirai district facing Yokohama port near the Yokohama Station, is also to be used for Japan-South Korea cultural exchanges and World Cup-related events. It will remain open to the public until the end of June.

Soccer: Japan-Australia World Cup q'fier

SAITAMA, Japan, Aug. 31 Kyodo - Japan's Hotaru Yamaguchi (16) and Australia's Matthew Spiranovic (6) vie for the ball during the first half of a World Cup final-round qualifier at Saitama Stadium, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 31, 2017. Japan won 2-0 to qualify for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.

Soccer: Japan beat Australia to qualify for 2018 World Cup finals

SAITAMA, Japan, Aug. 31 Kyodo - Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic (front) celebrates after Takuma Asano scored the opener against Australia in the first half of a World Cup final-round qualifier at Saitama Stadium, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 31, 2017. Japan won 2-0 to qualify for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.

Tennis, soccer wear selling well in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A tennis gear shop at Seibu Ikebukuro department store in Tokyo, shown in this photo taken on Dec. 22, 2014, is enjoying brisk sales thanks to pro tennis player Kei Nishikori's spectacular showing. Similarly, football shirts are selling well due to the World Cup finals in Brazil in 2014.

Prelim round for 2018 soccer World Cup to start in June

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniya Daini (C), president of the Japan Football Association, and other senior JFA officials pose in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2014, on the occasion of the association's announcement that the elimination round for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia will start in June.

Neymar says broken vertebra is recovering

TOKYO, Japan - Brazilian soccer star Neymar Jr. says with a smile at a press conference in Tokyo on July 31, 2014, that his vertebra broken at the World Cup finals in Brazil is getting better. He was in Japan to sign an advertisement contract with a bedding manufacturer.