FUKUROI CITY, Japan (Reuters) - Japan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to earthquakes, typhoons and tsunamis and organisers of next month's rugby World Cup hope their best-laid plans are not thrown into disarray by a natural disaster.
"We are planning right through from what happens if a team hotel is lost, what happens if a training venue is lost, through to what happens if one or more match venues are lost,” said Alan Gilpin, the tournament director of the event, in which 20 national teams battle for the title of world champion.
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