Japan Focuses on the Tech for Its 2022 World Cup Bid

Some people (Sepp Blatter, raise your hand) are not particularly enamored of the idea of soccer embracing technology, but one country is focusing on this for its bid for the 2022 World Cup. Japan, which hosted the tournament alongside South Korea in 2002, can think of nothing else, and is promising some viewer-friendly special effects that are straight outta the USS Enterprise. But will it go down well with the blazers at FIFA?

With five joint bids for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, Japan is...