The Japan Sumo Association has announced that it will postpone the meeting of the Yokotsuna Deliberation Committee, which was scheduled for the 25th of this month, the day after the first place, Chiakiraku, due to a state of emergency.

The Yokotsuna Deliberation Committee meeting is held every place on the day after Chiakiraku, but due to the influence of the new coronavirus, it was not held after the spring place last year, and it will be held for the first time in eight months after the autumn place last September. I was killed.



The Japan Sumo Association announced on the 17th that it will postpone the meeting of the Yokotsuna Deliberation Committee after the first place due to a state of emergency.



It has also been decided to postpone the meeting of experts to consider the development and succession of sumo wrestling scheduled for 21st of this month.



Sumo Association's public relations manager Shibatayama explained, "We will postpone it because it is under an emergency declaration. We will decide when to postpone it depending on what happens to the emergency declaration."