TOKYO, May 25 (Reuters) - Japan's budget plans for the 2019 rugby World Cup have been approved by the International Rugby Board (IRB), the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) said on Wednesday.
"I am relieved that final approval for the financial guarantee for the World Cup in 2019 was met," JRFU chairman Tatsuzo Yabe told Reuters.
"We are firmly committed at the JRFU and the 2019 organising committee to firmly prepare and produce a strong and exciting tournament."
The International assurance was rubber-stamped at an IRB executive board meeting in Dublin on Tuesday after Japan gained government guarantees to cover any financial shortfall.
The National Agency for the Advancement of Sports and Health, which subsidises international sports events in Japan, pledged 3.6 billion yen ($43.9 million) in operating costs to the JRFU.
Total operational costs are estimated to total around 18 billion yen.
Concerns over the Japan's fitness to host the tournament following March's devastating earthquake and tsunami have been dismissed by the IRB.
Japan were forced to move five of six Pacific Nations Cup matches in July to Fiji because of the nuclear crisis at the crippled plant 150 miles north of Tokyo.
But the JRFU have assured the IRB that Japan's recovery will be complete in time for rugby's showcase event in 2019.
"Some countries were saying the 2019 tournament should be held elsewhere," JRFU president Yoshiro Mori told reporters.
"But I believe we have managed to forge a closer understanding on the matter with the IRB."
($1 = 81.920 yen)
"I am relieved that final approval for the financial guarantee for the World Cup in 2019 was met," JRFU chairman Tatsuzo Yabe told Reuters.
"We are firmly committed at the JRFU and the 2019 organising committee to firmly prepare and produce a strong and exciting tournament."
The International assurance was rubber-stamped at an IRB executive board meeting in Dublin on Tuesday after Japan gained government guarantees to cover any financial shortfall.
The National Agency for the Advancement of Sports and Health, which subsidises international sports events in Japan, pledged 3.6 billion yen ($43.9 million) in operating costs to the JRFU.
Total operational costs are estimated to total around 18 billion yen.
Concerns over the Japan's fitness to host the tournament following March's devastating earthquake and tsunami have been dismissed by the IRB.
Japan were forced to move five of six Pacific Nations Cup matches in July to Fiji because of the nuclear crisis at the crippled plant 150 miles north of Tokyo.
But the JRFU have assured the IRB that Japan's recovery will be complete in time for rugby's showcase event in 2019.
"Some countries were saying the 2019 tournament should be held elsewhere," JRFU president Yoshiro Mori told reporters.
"But I believe we have managed to forge a closer understanding on the matter with the IRB."
($1 = 81.920 yen)
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