Aussie rugby player recalls reconstruction help in quake-hit Japan

Aussie rugby player recalls reconstruction help in quake-hit Japan

Australian rugby union player Scott Fardy, playing for the country at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England, speaks with Kyodo News in London on Oct. 5, 2015. While playing for the Kamaishi Seawaves rugby team in Kamaishi in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate, he contributed to local reconstruction efforts after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hopgood doing it for love of country, not love of money

Hopgood doing it for love of country, not love of money

Hayden Hopgood scores a try in Kamaishi Seawaves' 27-26 win against Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars in a Top Challenge rugby match in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2015. Hopgood from New Zealand is a member of Japan's national team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rugby stadium opens in tsunami-hit city

Rugby stadium opens in tsunami-hit city

A rugby friendly match is held between local side Kamaishi Seawaves and Yamaha Jubilo in Kamaishi, a northeastern Japan fishing city hit severely by the 2011 tsunami, on Aug. 19, 2018, to mark the opening of a new stadium being used for the 2019 World Cup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rugby stadium opens in tsunami-hit city

Rugby stadium opens in tsunami-hit city

Players of Kamaishi Seawaves and their supporters pose after a rugby friendly match against Yamaha Jubilo in Kamaishi, a northeastern Japan fishing city hit severely by the 2011 tsunami, held on Aug. 19, 2018, to mark the opening of a new stadium being used for the 2019 World Cup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rugby stadium opens in tsunami-hit city

Rugby stadium opens in tsunami-hit city

A rugby friendly match is held between local side Kamaishi Seawaves and Yamaha Jubilo in Kamaishi, a northeastern Japan fishing city hit severely by the 2011 tsunami, on Aug. 19, 2018, to mark the opening of a new stadium being used for the 2019 World Cup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rugby stadium opens in tsunami-hit city

Rugby stadium opens in tsunami-hit city

People offer a silent prayer ahead of a rugby friendly match between local side Kamaishi Seawaves and Yamaha Jubilo in Kamaishi, a northeastern Japan fishing city hit severely by the 2011 tsunami, held on Aug. 19, 2018, to mark the opening of a new stadium being used for the 2019 World Cup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rugby stadium opens in tsunami-hit city

Rugby stadium opens in tsunami-hit city

A rugby friendly match is held between local side Kamaishi Seawaves and Yamaha Jubilo in Kamaishi, a northeastern Japan fishing city hit severely by the 2011 tsunami, on Aug. 19, 2018, to mark the opening of a new stadium being used for the 2019 World Cup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo