Policy to lift the ban on training in October after the autumn place Japan Sumo Association September 26, 1:27
The Japan Sumo Association has announced that it will lift the ban on training that has been banned since the spring of this year due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection for about two weeks from the 5th of next month.
In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, the Japan Sumo Association has banned wrestlers from practicing in other rooms since the spring of March as part of their infection control measures.
On the 25th, the Sumo Association's public relations manager, Shibatayama, announced that he would lift the ban on training from the 5th of next month, after the fall of Chiakigaku on the 27th of this month.
The ban is lifted for about two weeks, it is necessary to have a negative PCR test, it is limited to one room for each technician, and permission from the master of the training destination is required.
Mr. Shibatayama, the director of public relations, said, "The place where wrestlers are trained is not only the sumo room but also the sumo training school in the Kokugikan."