World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont, Chairman of Rugby World Cup 2019 Organising Committee Fijio Mitarai and other officials prepares for a photograph during a kick-off event to mark one year to go to the Rugby World Cup 2019, in Tokyo, Japan September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato
TOKYO (Reuters) - The great and the good of Japanese rugby joined the chairman of the sport's global governing body, Bill Beaumont, to commemorate the one year countdown until the 2019 Rugby World Cup kicks off at an event in the capital on Thursday.
Hosts Japan take on Russia at Tokyo Stadium on Sept. 20 next year in the opening match of a 20-team event being billed by World Rugby as a tournament for the whole of Asia
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