Japan Update September 20, 2019

	Rugby World Cup tickets  95% sold out ahead  of opening match TOKYO -- The first Rugby World  Cup in Asia begins Friday as  Japan takes on Russia in  Tokyo, kicking off a six-week tournament that is expected  to spark a prodigious spending  spree. The 20 qualifying teams will  play in 12 stadiums across the  country, from Sapporo in the north to Kumamoto to the south.  With 95% of the tournament's  1.8 million tickets already sold , the games are projected to create  a $4 billion windfall for the  Japanese economy.
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