National Athletic Meet in Kagoshima Prefecture Expected to reach a conclusion in the direction of holding in 2023 September 15, 16:44
The National Sports Festival in Kagoshima Prefecture, which had been abandoned due to the influence of the new coronavirus, is expected to be held in 2023, and a conclusion will be reached by the end of this month.
The national polity is held every year around the prefectures, and this was scheduled for October in Kagoshima prefecture, but due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the event was abandoned and postponed in June. It was decided.
The Japan Sports Association and Kagoshima Prefecture were coordinating the new holding time, but after Saga Prefecture, which had been unofficially decided in 2023, accepted the postponement of one year, Shiga Prefecture, which was unofficially decided in 2024, also On the 15th, it announced that it would accept a one-year postponement.
In response to this, Masatoshi Ito, Chairman of the Japan Sports Association, announced a comment saying, "We would like to express our deep gratitude to the Governor of Shiga Prefecture for making a very heavy decision to postpone the event for one year." did.
On top of that, the Japanese Para-Sports Association, the Japan Sports Agency, and Kagoshima Prefecture, which hold the National Sports Festival for the Disabled after the National Athletic Meet, "will make the final decision as soon as possible."
According to the people concerned, the National Athletic Meet in Kagoshima Prefecture is expected to hold a meeting in 2023, as it aims to hold a meeting between the four parties by the end of this month.