"There is so much competition that if one company goes to an event, the other companies will go, " Ms. Okoe said.

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Ghana needed a last minute penalty from Florence Okoe to secure their narrow victory over South Africa, after Anita Amankwa was brought down in the area.

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Kumi Okoe, a Japanese television commentator and fellow at Washington's Heritage Foundation, said every one of Japan's electronic and print media outlets has a team on the campaign trail.

WSJ: The Boys on Le Bus: Foreign Press Mines Local Angles in U.S. Primary