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Japan Rugby World Cup organizer speaks in London

LONDON, England - Akira Shimazu, secretary general of the organizing committee for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, refers to the possibility of introducing a mascot character to promote the event in an interview with Kyoto News in London on Nov. 18, 2014.

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14 cities in Japan vie to host 2019 Rugby World Cup games

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Shimazu, secretary general of the organizing committee for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, announces in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2014, a list of 14 cities across the country seeking to host matches.

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Kyoto to host World Cup draw next May

(From L) Alan Gilpin, head of Rugby World Cup, World Rugby Chief Executive Brett Gosper and Japan Rugby 2019 Chief Executive Akira Shimazu pose for a photo in Tokyo on June 30, 2016. The organizing committee for the 2019 World Cup in Japan announced the same day that its draw will be hosted in the western Japan city of Kyoto in May next year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dates for opening game, final of RWC 2019 announced, logo revealed

Akira Shimazu (L), chief executive of the Rugby World Cup 2019 organizing committee, World Rugby Chief Executive Brett Gosper (C) and Alan Gilpin, head of the RWC, pose for a photo in London on Oct. 27, 2015, in front of the logo for the 2019 tournament in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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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Finger pointing begins as RWC 2019 loses main stadium

Akira Shimazu, CEO of the local organizing committee of Rugby World Cup 2019, meets the press in Tokyo on July 17, 2015, following an announcement earlier in the day by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that Japan will review a construction plan for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics stadium "from scratch." The decision means the new National Stadium will no longer act as a venue for the showpiece games at RWC 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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12 cities named to host Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan

(From L) Akira Shimazu, managing director of Rugby World Cup 2019, Bernard Lapasset, chairman of Rugby World Cup Ltd. and Tatsuzo Yabe, chairman of the Japan Rugby Football Union, join hands in front of a championship cup during a press conference on March 2, 2015, in Dublin, Ireland, after they named 12 cities as venues for the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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12 cities named to host Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan

(From L) Akira Shimazu, managing director of Rugby World Cup 2019, Bernard Lapasset, chairman of Rugby World Cup Ltd. and Tatsuzo Yabe, chairman of the Japan Rugby Football Union, join hands in front of a championship cup during a press conference on March 2, 2015, in Dublin, Ireland, after they named 12 cities as venues for the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan unveils logo for Rugby World Cup 2019

Akira Shimazu (L), head of the organizing committee for Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan, unveils a logo for the event in London on Oct. 27, 2015, as Brett Gosper, chief executive officer of World Rugby, looks on. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan pavilion opens in London to promote 2019 Rugby World Cup

Akira Shimazu (C), CEO of the organizing committee for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, breaks open the lid of a "sake" rice wine barrel at a ceremony to launch a Japan pavilion in London on Oct. 9, 2015. It is aimed at promoting the next World Cup set for 2019 in Japan and the host nation's culture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Rugby World Cup organizer speaks in London

LONDON, England - Akira Shimazu, secretary general of the organizing committee for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, refers to the possibility of introducing a mascot character to promote the event in an interview with Kyoto News in London on Nov. 18, 2014. (Kyodo)

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14 cities in Japan vie to host 2019 Rugby World Cup games

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Shimazu, secretary general of the organizing committee for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, announces in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2014, a list of 14 cities across the country seeking to host matches. (Kyodo)

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Rugby World Cup in Japan

Akira Shimazu, the Rugby World Cup 2019 Organizing Committee CEO, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2019, following the completion of pool stage games at the Rugby World Cup in Japan. Seen on the left is World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup in Japan

Japan Rugby 2019 organizing committee head Akira Shimazu (R) and tournament director Alan Gilpin attend a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2019 to announce that two games scheduled for Oct. 12 -- a Pool B match between New Zealand and Italy in Toyota, central Japan, and a Pool C match between England and France in Yokohama, near Tokyo -- were cancelled due to approaching Typhoon Hagibis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup in Japan

Japan Rugby 2019 organizing committee head Akira Shimazu speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2019. He announced that two games scheduled for Oct. 12 -- a Pool B match between New Zealand and Italy in Toyota, central Japan, and a Pool C match between England and France in Yokohama, near Tokyo -- were cancelled due to approaching Typhoon Hagibis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: 2019 World Cup promotional event

Hitoshi Ono (L), a member of Japan's national rugby team at the 2015 World Cup in England, poses for a photo with the World Cup trophy, together with Rob Abernethy (2nd from L), executive director of the 2019 World Cup in Japan, Akira Shimazu (2nd from R), CEO of the 2019 World Cup organizing committee , and Kensuke Hatakeyama, another member of Japan's 2015 World Cup team, at a promotional event held in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2019, 50 days before the opening of the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: World Cup organizers on ticket situation

Rugby World Cup chief Alan Gilpin (R) and Akira Shimazu, CEO of the upcoming World Cup's organizing committee, attend a press conference in Tokyo on June 14, 2019. About 1.4 million of 1.8 million tickets prepared for the tournament in Japan have been sold, the committee said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup organizing committee CEO Shimazu

Akira Shimazu, CEO of the Rugby World Cup 2019 organizing committee, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Tokyo Olympics, Japan Rugby World Cup team up for 2019, 2020

Toshiro Muto (R), chief executive officer of the organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and Akira Shimazu, chief executive officer of the organizing committee of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, pose in Tokyo on April 26, 2017, after signing a collaboration agreement to exchange information and resources with Japan hosting two of the world's biggest sporting events in back-to-back years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: 90 local governments apply to host World Cup camps

Akira Shimazu, chief executive of the organizing committee for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, poses in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2017. A total of 90 local governments from 37 prefectures have applied to host official team training camps for the event, Shimazu said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo