Sumo wrestling will be canceled on March 26 at 22:21
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the general review of the Yokozuna Deliberation Committee, which was scheduled to open to the public in front of the summer sumo wrestling spot in May, has been canceled.
The Japan Sumo Association held a regular board meeting in Tokyo on the 26th to discuss future measures against the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
As a result, we decided to cancel the Yokozuna Deliberation Committee's rehearsal review scheduled for May 2 due to the spread of the new coronavirus before the summer place.
The practice rehearsal is open to the public once a year at the Kokugikan in Ryogoku, Tokyo, where thousands of fans visit each time.
According to the Sumo Association, the treatment of the summer place, which will be the first day on May 10, has not been determined at this time, and the Board of Directors will hold a certain interval in the audience seats, or hold the audience following the spring place It was said that it was held that it could not be entered.
According to the Sumo Association's Chief of Public Relations, Shibatayama, in order to prevent the transmission of the new coronavirus, sumo wrestlers are required to refrain from going out of their way, and foreign wrestlers are not basically allowed to return.
In addition, following the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics for about one year, the “Sumo Tokyo 2020 Olympics” was scheduled to be held at the Kokugikan on August 12 and 13 as an event to disseminate Japanese culture.・ Paralympic Place ”has been canceled.