Next month's "NHK Welfare Sumo" will be canceled during the state of emergency

In February, the "NHK Welfare Grand Sumo Tournament," which was scheduled to be held at the Kokugikan in Tokyo and Ryogoku, was decided to be canceled in response to a state of emergency.

The "NHK Welfare Grand Sumo Tournament" is held every February by NHK and the NHK Welfare Culture Corporation at the Kokugikan in Tokyo and Ryogoku. ..

It was scheduled to be held on February 6th with wrestlers and singers, but according to the organizer, it was canceled due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection and the period of emergency declaration. It means that I decided.

Under these circumstances, the NHK Welfare Culture Corporation said, "We have decided that it will be difficult to sell new tickets. The infection situation is severe and we will not hold it during this year. Next year, we plan to hold it in February as usual. It is undecided at this stage. Details will be announced as soon as they are decided. "