11.   Japanese olympic organizers have said no decision on whether to lengthen the course will be made before an environmental group meets to study the proposal later this month.

12.   Japanese organizers have been critical of FIFA for not taking an active enough role in solving the ticket problem.

13.   Japanese organizers have blamed delays in deliveries of tickets printed overseas.

14.   Koreans living in Japan have long maintained that the Japanese organizers of the anniversary events have not paid sufficient attention to the non-Japanese victims of the atomic bombing.

15.   Koreans living in Japan have long maintained that the Japanese organizers of the anniversary events have not paid sufficient attention to the non-Japanese victims of the bombing.

16.   Meanwhile, Japanese organizers were discovering that thousands of tickets allotted for overseas soccer fans went unsold.

17.   Meanwhile, Japanese organizers were discovering that thousands of tickets allotted for overseas soccer fans went unsold, major Japanese newspapers reported Sunday.

18.   Samaranch made it clear he was not happy with the way the Japanese organizers are promoting the Winter Games in Nagano.

19.   The comments came after Japanese organizers launched a campaign to rid the glut of unsold seats by selling tickets on match days.

20.   The excitement so far has justified the billions of dollars Korean and Japanese organizers spent on jointly staging the World Cup for the first time in Asia.