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Rugby players with tattoos are asked to them up during next year's World Cup in Japan. The request by the sport's governing body World Rugby is to offending people in Japan. It somewhat of a taboo in Japan to be in public with a tattoo. Tattoos are usually with the notorious yakuza crime gangs, for whom tattoos a source of great pride. Many swimming pools, gyms, bath houses and onsen in Japan people with tattoos from using their facilities. However, in 2016, Japan's tourism agency onsen to relax their rules. It said tourists had tattoos for very different reasons. The agency giving tourists stickers to cover their tattoos.

The Rugby World Cup director Alan Gilpin all the competing teams the cultural sensitivity in Japan regarding tattoos. He said: "When we it with the teams a year or so ago, we were probably a frustrated reaction from them, but there hasn't been at all." He added that the players want to Japanese culture. He said the wearing of a vest used for watersports would a form of "self-policing" among the players. The famous All Blacks rugby team from New Zealand has that its players will with the request. It said: "We to be respectful of the local customs and culture, and this will be no different when we Japan."