Sumo Summer Place Cancellation Policy May 4th, 5:19 pm due to extension of the emergency declaration
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The Japan Sumo Association is planning to cancel the Grand Sumo Summer Place scheduled from 24th of this month after the emergency declaration was extended on the 4th. The main place for sumo wrestling has been canceled since the spring of 2011.
Regarding the declaration of an emergency based on the Act on Special Measures, the government said that the number of new infections has been on a downward trend, but that the medical care system has continued to be in a difficult situation. , The policy is to extend the service until May 31, the end of this month.
Under these circumstances, the Japan Sumo Association was proceeding with discussions again based on the policy of the government, but according to the people of several Sumo Associations, "It is difficult to hold this place due to the extension of the emergency declaration. As such, we decided to cancel the summer location.
If the sumo wrestling place is cancelled, it will be the spring place of 2011 after a series of match-fixing problems.
The Sumo Association announced that the summer place, which was scheduled to be held at the Kokugikan in Tokyo and Ryogoku, was postponed by 2 weeks from the original schedule last month and announced the 24th of this month as the first day, as the new coronavirus infection continued to spread. However, depending on the infection situation after that, the policy was to proceed with a flexible approach, including discontinuation.