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S. Korea confers sports order on 2 Japanese soccer officials

TOKYO, Japan - Sho Nasu (2nd from L), head of the Japanese World Cup organizing committee (JAWOC), and Japan Football Association head Shunichiro Okano (2nd from R) are awarded South Korea's highest sports order on July 14 by S. Korean Ambassador to Japan Cho Se Hyung (R). Nasu received the award for last year's soccer extravaganza Japan and South Korea co-hosted, and Okano in recognition of his efforts for the event's success.

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(1)World Cup pre-final event held on floating stage

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A World Cup pre-final event is held June 28 on a giant floating stage in Yokohama, the site of the June 30 final World Cup match, with live performances by local and international artists. The event on the ''Mega-Park Floating Stage,'' hosted by the Japanese World Cup organizing committee (JAWOC), comes after a similar event held before the May 31 opening of the World Cup soccer tournament by co-hosts South Korea. (World Cup 2002)

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FIFA blames JAWOC, KOWOC for World Cup ticket fiasco

YOKOHAMA, Japan - David Will, a senior FIFA official in charge of ticketing, speaks at a press conference in Yokohama on June 24 about World Cup ticketing problems. Will blamed the Japan World Cup organizing committee (JAWOC) and the South Korean World Cup organizing committee (KOWOC) for a ticket fiasco that has resulted in swathes of empty seats during the World Cup soccer finals. (World Cup 2002)

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Web sales add to World Cup ticket confusion

SAITAMA, Japan - An aerial photo, taken by a media representative, shows vacant seats at Saitama Stadium 2002 on June 2 where England played Sweden in a group F match in the World Cup finals. The Japan World Cup organizing committee (JAWOC) began online sales for the match, adding to the confusion and frustration of soccer fans stemming from problems in ticket distribution for World Cup soccer finals games. (World Cup 2002)

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Over 200,000 World Cup tickets yet to be delivered in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichiro Misono (L), a senior official from the Japan Organizing Committee for the 2002 World Cup (JAWOC) in charge of tickets for World Cup matches to be held in Japan, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 16 about a delay in ticket delivery. JAWOC said over 200,000 tickets for the World Cup soccer finals, or nearly 30% of all sold domestically, had not been delivered to buyers as of May 16.

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Luxurious World Cup meal unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese organizing committee for the World Cup (JAWOC) unveiled April 25 a luxurious meal to be provided with high-priced World Cup tickets at a Tokyo hotel.

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JAWOC launches paper cranes project for World Cup final

TOKYO, Japan - Children at a Tokyo primary school hold paper cranes they folded April 19 as the Japanese Organizing Committee for the 2002 World Cup (JAWOC) launched its ''Wings of a Dream'' project, the plan to drop around 2 million paper cranes onto the pitch at the end of the World Cup final in Yokohama.

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Long umbrellas among banned items at World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Takahisa Ishida, security chief of the Japanese World Cup organizing committee (JAWOC), says at a media briefing session April 2 that knives, long umbrellas and rolls of ticker tape will all be banned from World Cup stadiums in Japan at this summer's finals the country is hosting with South Korea.

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23 teams to set up camps in Japan for World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Officials representing 32 national soccer teams qualified for the World Cup finals attend a meeting with the Japan and South Korean organizing committees in Tokyo on Feb. 27. JAWOC, the Japanese organizing committee said 23 teams will hold training camps in Japan in their tune-ups for the World Cup to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea.

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World Cup stamps issued

TOKYO, Japan - Junji Ogura (L), deputy secretary general of the Japanese organizing committee for next year's World Cup finals JAWOC, is presented with a sheet of commemorative stamps Japan issued May 31, one year to the day before the opening of the World Cup finals to be co-hosted with South Korea.

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Ticket drawing for 2002 World Cup Soccer kicks off

TOKYO, Japan - Sho Nasu, chairman of the Japanese organizing committee for the 2002 World Cup (JAWACS), on May 16 kicks off the first computer drawing to select people eligible to buy tickets for the matches in next year's event to be co-hosted with South Korea. JAWOC organizers said the tickets for some 220,000 seats would be made available in the first lottery pick done by computer.

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(1)World Cup ticket sales on Internet postponed

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Ando (R), secretary general of the Japanese World Cup organizing committee (JAWOC), speaks at a news conference Feb. 15 on the FIFA decision to put off Internet ticket applications in Japan and South Korea for next year's World Cup finals to be co-hosted by the two countries.

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(2)World Cup ticket sales on Internet postponed

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese World Cup organizing committee (JAWOC) announces at its official website just before midnight Feb. 14 that Internet ticket applications in Japan and South Korea for next year's World Cup finals have been postponed due to ''technological problems'' on the part of the world soccer governing body FIFA.

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JAWOC calls for names for 2002 World Cup mascots

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Endo, secretary general of the Japanese organizing committee for the 2002 World Cup (JAWOC), calls for names for the event's mascots at a press conference Jan. 16 in Tokyo. The announcement coincided with the start of a 500-day countdown to the opening of the finals, which are to be co-hosted with South Korea.

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JAWOC to collect magazine featuring 'inappropriate' cartoon

OSAKA, Japan - The Japanese organizing committee for the 2002 World Cup (JAWOC) says April 13 it will collect some 9,000 copies of a JAWOC magazine featuring a cartoon strip that could be offensive to Koreans. The cartoon depicts a Korean-speaking wolf threatening a Japanese-speaking raccoon dog with a knife.

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World Cup ticket chaos

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichiro Misono (L), a senior official from the Japan Organizing Committee for the 2002 World Cup (JAWOC) in charge of tickets for World Cup matches to be held in Japan, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 21 about a delay in ticket delivery from Byrom PLC, the British World Cup ticket-processing company.

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Yasuhiko Endo, Secretary General of the Japanese World Cup Organizing Committee (JAWOC)

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Kunishige Kamamoto, vice chairman of Japan Football Association (JFA), Director of JAWOC

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