Can Japan and South Korea work together to put on the 2002 World Cup?
Knowing their history, nothing could seem more unlikely. Many Japanese look down on South Koreans; many South Koreans hate Japan.
But these are modern times. Both countries have democracies, both have suffered economic depression after the boom years of the late '80s and early '90s, both have a younger generation that neither knows nor cares much about the past, and both countries are about to host the World Cup. This is not a time to settle old scores.