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Article: JAPAN-SOUTH KOREA: CO-HOSTING WORLD CUP MEANS BIG COMPROMISE
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- June 6, 1996
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Suvendrini Kakuchi
Inter Press Service English News Wire
06-06-1996
TOKYO, Jun. 5 (IPS) -- Now that the euphoria has died down in
Tokyo and Seoul at being jointly awarded the 2002 World Cup, the
public and media in Japan and South Korea are asking pointed
political and economic questions about the co-hosting of the giant
event.
"Can we really be friendly with the South Koreans?" asks
Japanese soccer fan Yukio Saito. "I am worried that we have started
thinking of each other more as rivals than as friends."
"It's a great decision but can we really make it work?" one
Japanese government employee asks.
Just the naming of the soccer spectacular is expected to become
a major issue, far less which ...