* About 1,600 South Korean schools were closed, or students were let out early, on June 10 for South Korea's game against the USA. …. Korean airline carriers showed the game live in flight. … About 400,000 fans — twice as many as for South Korea's opener against Poland — gathered in front of Seoul's City Hall to watch the game on a big screen. … The South Korea-USA game was watched by 59.6 percent of South Koreans — a figure 10 times the average rating for a 3:30 pm time slot. South Korea's prime-time (8:30 pm) opener against Poland drew 74.1 percent. * Four years ago, Japanese fans in France were hailed for their cleanliness. They brought garbage bags with them and cleaned up the stands before leaving the stadiums. Now FIFA is hailing the team. A FIFA spokesman said, ''The Japanese are great in the locker room as well as on the field because. Usually the locker rooms after the game are littered with the banana peels and garbage. Japan's locker room always looks like it hasn't been used. * Japan's win over Russia was watched by 66.1 percent of Japanese for the second highest TV rating in Japanese history — surpassed only by Japan's volleyball team's final appearance during the 1964 Olympics.