China News Service, April 27, according to Kyodo News, the National High School Sports Federation of Japan (National Federation of National Sports Associations) held an interim council on the 26th through an online meeting, announcing that in view of the expansion of the new coronavirus epidemic, the decision to cancel the original The first national high school competition "National High School Comprehensive Sports Conference" held in 21 prefectures. This is the first time the event has been cancelled since the beginning of 1963.
According to reports, the summer national high school complex as a collective event is a competition, which is the first major competition in Japanese high school composed of 30 sports. The "National Junior High School Sports Conference" (All Middle Schools) scheduled to be held in the East China Sea region this summer is also planned to be cancelled, or it will have an impact on judging whether the High School Baseball National Championship (Kazien) will be held during the same period.
It is reported that the rapid spread of the new crown epidemic caused the government to issue a declaration of emergency. The National Federation of Sports Federations originally planned to decide whether to hold it in the council on May 25. However, due to the significant restrictions on the activities of the community, including the national high school comprehensive pre-selection at the regional level Of high school events were cancelled one after another, so a decision was made in advance.
The original plan for the contest was to host Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Saitama and the four northern Kanto counties. (Finish)