At the post-meeting meeting, Commissioner Atsushi Saito and Chairman Mitsuru Murai held a liaison conference on measures against the new coronavirus by professional baseball and soccer J-League, and even if a third state of emergency is declared in the future, the audience will be greeted. He expressed the idea that the match should be continued with it in.
Following the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection, Governor Yoshimura of Osaka Prefecture said on the 19th that the situation was extremely severe and that he would request the government to issue a state of emergency soon.
In addition, Governor Koike of Tokyo also announced on the 18th that the number of confirmed infections in Tokyo is on the rise, and that he will consider requesting a declaration.
At a press conference after the countermeasures liaison meeting held online, Commissioner Saito of professional baseball said, "We have nothing to say if we leave the audience unattended. For more than a year." I've made a lot of efforts, spent money, made rules, and actively inspected. I don't know what will happen because the local government has the right to make decisions, but the lessons I've accumulated a year ago are completely different. , I want you to avoid the judgment that the state of emergency is equal to no audience as much as possible. "
In addition, J-League Chairman Murai said, "The J-League has welcomed spectators in more than 1000 games, and there have been no clusters from the spectators' seats. The results of trial and error over the past year are at hand. It's not a story of an emergency equal to no spectators at all. "