The Sumo Summer Basho will be held on the 9th, the first day of the emergency declaration, and will be held without spectators until the 3rd day.


"We have taken meticulous infection prevention measures under the guidance of experts, such as inspections of all members of the association," said the president of the Japan Sumo Association, Mr. Hachikaku, in his annual greeting from the association on the first day.

The Sumo Summer Basho held at the Kokugikan in Tokyo and Ryogoku will be held with no spectators until the 3rd day and with spectators after the 4th day.



The chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, Mr. Hachikaku, said in the first day's annual association greeting from the ring, "We will welcome customers from the 4th day onward due to the state of emergency." We have carried out inspections by all members of the association and have taken meticulous infection prevention measures under the guidance of infectious disease experts with the aim of watching the sumo tournament even more safely and securely. "



He said, "I think that all-out men will live up to their expectations with a heated sumo wrestling."