This month, the Japan Para-Badminton Federation announced that it will cancel the Japan Para-Badminton Championship, which was scheduled to be held in Tokyo, due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
The Japan Championship, which decides the best para-badminton in Japan, was scheduled to be held on the 29th and 30th of this month at the Machida City Gymnasium in Machida, Tokyo.
However, the Japan Para-Badminton Federation announced that it has decided to cancel the tournament because priority measures such as prevention of spread will be applied to the venue Tokyo as the infection of the new coronavirus spreads. ..
Initially, the tournament was planned to include men's and women's singles and doubles games with spectators, but after that, due to the spread of infection, only singles were to be played without spectators.
Para-badminton was held as a new competition at the Tokyo Paralympics held last year, and Japan won nine medals, including three gold medals.