Regarding the National Sports Festival of Japan, which will be held in Aichi and Gifu prefectures from the 27th, Aichi Prefecture has indicated that 11 of the 43 prefectures scheduled to participate will cancel their participation. I made it clear.
The Winter National Athletic Meet = National Athletic Meet will be held in Aichi and Gifu prefectures from the 27th to the 5th, and skating and ice hockey competitions will be held.
Athletes from 43 prefectures were scheduled to participate in the competitions in Aichi and Gifu prefectures, but according to Aichi prefecture, the Japan Sports Association went on last week in response to the declaration of a national emergency. In the questionnaire, 11 teams indicated their intention to withdraw from participation.
In addition, it was 26 teams that indicated their intention to participate, withholding the attitude of whether or not 6 teams would participate.
Aichi Prefecture plans to hold the National Athletic Meet in winter from the 27th as scheduled with no spectators.