Japan has kicked off its bid to host the Rugby World Cup again in 2035 following in the footsteps of the next two hosts – Australia next year and then the USA in 2031.
The push comes more than 15 years after it became the first Asian country to global event.
Japan Rugby Football Union president Masato Tsuchida confirmed to AFP an expression of interest had been submitted to the sport’s governing body, World Rugby.
“The World Cup gets bigger each year and it would need all of Japan to get behind it,” he said on Wednesday.
“I want us to hold the best World Cup ever, for the sports world and for Japan itself.”
Japan staged the tournament in 2019…
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