Pro baseball 25th May 22nd 15th May
Professional baseball held a meeting with representatives of 12 teams on the 22nd, and Commissioner Atsushi Saito postponed due to the influence of the new coronavirus at the interview about the opening day of this season, an emergency situation in all prefectures on the 25th of this month If the declaration was lifted, he said he would like to make a presentation.
At the "Countermeasures Liaison Meeting" held by professional baseball and soccer J-League on the afternoon of the 22nd, infectious disease experts gave a positive view toward the start of the season.
In response to this, representatives of the 12 teams will hold an online meeting, and Saito Commissioner will promptly announce if the government releases the declaration of emergency in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures in the metropolitan area on the 25th of this month at the conference. He expressed his intention to announce the opening day.
According to the people concerned, the policy of aiming at the shortest next month 19th has not changed. He also stated that he will change the schedule of the game after the opening from the initial schedule, saying, "In both the Ce and Pa leagues, we are discussing how to avoid the movement risk of the team, and concrete plans have been fixed."
Also, in the roadmap to ease the request for leave, announced by Governor Yuriko Koike of Tokyo on the 22nd, "Step 1" included a non-spectator game of professional baseball. "Understanding, I can't run baseball without support. I think I was able to understand Tokyo and the baseball team."