Japan Football Association Requests the Japan Sports Agency to ease the waiting period after returning to Japan November 13, 20:54
Kozo Tashima, chairman of the Japan Football Association, visited the Sports Agency on the 13th and eased the 14-day waiting period required after returning to Japan as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus because it has affected the activities of the Japan national team and the J League. I requested that you do.
According to the Japan Football Association, soccer players are required to wait 14 days after returning from overseas, except for some Olympic athletes who are designated to be strengthened.
For this reason, it was not possible to select J-League players as members for the Japan national team's warm-up game in Europe last month and this month.
In addition, three teams from the J League will participate in the ACL = Asian Champions League, which will be held in Qatar for more than three weeks from the end of this month, but if they advance to the final on the 19th of next month, the accompanying players will be next month. This means that there will be obstacles such as not being able to participate in the semi-finals of the Emperor's Cup in the end of the year and the finals of the first day of next year.
In light of these circumstances, the Japan Football Association said that Chairman Tajima visited the Japan Sports Agency on the morning of the 13th and directly requested Deputy Director Yoko Fujie to relax the restrictions.
Chairman Tajima said, "I don't think it's a problem that can be decided only by the Japan Sports Agency, so it may be difficult to apply it immediately, but first I asked if the ACL in December would do something. I have to continue negotiations." I was talking.