J League Murai Chairman: Relaxing audience restrictions is “careful” 19:21 July 16th
As the number of people infected with the new coronavirus is increasing in Tokyo and other countries, the soccer J League's Mitsuru Murai Chairman said, “We are paying attention to the situation and experts I will proceed with the steering carefully while listening to the opinions of "."
According to the government's policy, the J-League has been playing games from the 10th of this month with a maximum of 5,000 people, and from the 1st of next month, the limit will be reduced to half of the capacity of the stadium.
Regarding this, Chairman Murai held a press conference after the board meeting held on the 16th, and in view of the increase in the number of new coronavirus infections in Tokyo, Osaka, etc., "There is concern about the spread of infection. We will carefully watch and listen carefully to the opinions of experts, and carefully handle the situation."
After that, he said, "There is a limit of up to half of the capacity, but this is not necessarily the case. Individual clubs sell tickets based on local circumstances and administrative guidance." It suggested that the response may vary depending on the region where the match is played.
This means that the J League is considering holding an extraordinary executive committee with representatives from each club on the 20th of this month to discuss a series of responses.