Word: yokahama
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...stadiums. But a TIME reporter who was hired as a security agent for a warm-up match between Japan and Costa Rica discovered that absolute chaos ruled at the event. Charged mainly with keeping canned drinks and bottles out of the stadium, the freshly minted guards at Yokahama stadium?most aged under 20?stood dumbly by as crowds of fans stormed past the checkpoints. And what would the World Cup be without a ticket scandal? Japan's organizing committee decided not to sell to travel agents, no doubt remembering how Japanese fans in France were fleeced by crooked tour operators...