At least that's what Jack Bell of the NY Times reports in the "Corner Kicks" segment of his article today, right at the very end. http://nytimes.com/2003/02/10/sports/soccer/11SOCC.html Please move this if this is considered an inappropriate forum or has been reported already.
http://www.ussoccerplayers.com/latest_soccer_news/339993.html The word out of Japan (no English link) is that JFA has offered to host the matches instead. And for what it's worth, the JFA chairman has spoken with several Euro-based Japanese players who all said they would like to go ahead with the matches as scheduled.