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Ex-rugby stalwart Ishiyama

KAMAISHI, Japan, Aug. 20 Kyodo - Jiro Ishiyama (R), a former prop of the Nippon Steel Kamaishi team, plays during an opening event for Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2018. Ishiyama helped build the stadium as a construction worker.

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Oita picks ex-rugby player in bid to host 2019 RWC games

OITA, Japan - Kiyoshi Imaizumi (L), a former Japanese rugby player, poses with Oita Gov. Katsusada Hirose in the prefectural government office in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 19, 2014, after his nomination as the first "Rugby Ambassador" to work for Oita's bid to host some games at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.

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Ex-rugby stalwart Jiro Ishiyama

Jiro Ishiyama, a former Japan rugby player, poses at Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on July 4, 2018. The retired loosehead prop of the national team and the now-defunct Nippon Steel Kamaishi Works team helped build the stadium as a construction worker. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-rugby stalwart Jiro Ishiyama

Jiro Ishiyama, a former Japan rugby player, poses at Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on July 4, 2018. The retired loosehead prop of the national team and the now-defunct Nippon Steel Kamaishi Works team helped build the stadium as a construction worker. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-rugby stalwart Ishiyama

Jiro Ishiyama (R), a former prop of the Nippon Steel Kamaishi team, plays during an opening event for Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2018. Ishiyama helped build the stadium as a construction worker. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo