2019 Rugby World Cup and nearby Shikoku Island. No city in the latter region were venues for games in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but Hiroshima did host games in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. On 17 July 2015, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that plans to build the new National Stadium would be scrapped and rebid on amid public discontent over the stadium's building costs. As a result, the new stadium would not be ready until the 2020 Summer Olympics. World Rugby released a statement saying that they were extremely disappointed by the announcement "despite repeated assurances to contrary from the Japan
Yoshinori Abe Yoshinori Abe Abe was born in Fujisawa on September 10, 1972. He joined Yomiuri (later "Verdy Kawasaki") from youth team in 1991. Although his opportunity to play increased from first season, he could not regular player behind Japan national team players Kazuyoshi Miura and Nobuhiro Takeda. In 1995, he moved to Japan Football League (JFL) club Brummell Sendai (later "Vegalta Sendai"). He played many matches as forward. He moved to JFL club Tosu Futures in 1996 and returned to Verdy in 1997. In 1998, he moved to JFL club Brummell again. In 1999, the club was promoted to new league