search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sw20010317a1.html ZURICH (Kyodo) -- Officials of soccer's world governing body FIFA in charge of the 2002 World Cup agreed Thursday to reject "Japan-Korea" as the proper name order in Japanese for next year's event to be cohosted by Japan and South Korea.
Japan's World Cup organizing committee (JAWOC) announced in Tokyo that it had received approval from FIFA to refer to the event, being cohosted for the first time, simply as the "2002 FIFA World Cup" in Japanese.
