Japan proposes 13 World Cup venues

Japan has 13 prospective venues in its bid to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cups, including nine of the 10 venues from the 2002 World Cup which the country co-hosted with South Korea.
Japan initially said it would only bid to host the events if Tokyo won the vote to stage the 2016 Olympics as the Japan Football Association (JFA) planned to use the proposed 100,000-seater waterfront Olympic stadium.
Tokyo, which did not host matches at the 2002 tournament, has put forward two stadiums.
Osaka is planning to build a new venue following new FIFA rules that World Cup host countries require a stadium with a minimum capacity of 80,000 for the opening game and final.
World football governing body FIFA will announce the hosts for both the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in December.