After six boisterous weeks, the 2019 Rugby World Cup is over. By all accounts, the tournament has been a roaring success, with Nikkei Business estimating that it has injected more than ¥430 billion into the economy.
Sadly, it seems, the Japanese national side saw very little of this return.
Domestic rugby is governed by the Japan Rugby Football Union, which worked closely with the organizing committee of the 2019 Rugby World Cup to host the tournament.
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