On the 14th, the Japan Sports Association approved the 2025 National Sports Festival to be held in Shiga Prefecture.
Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the event will be held one year later than originally planned.
The Japan Sports Association held a board meeting in Tokyo on the afternoon of the 14th to discuss the venue of the National Sports Festival.
As a result, it was approved that the 2025 convention will be held in Shiga Prefecture.
It has also been decided that the 2027 tournament will be held in Miyazaki Prefecture.
Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the National Sports Festival was postponed to next year, which was scheduled to be held in Kagoshima prefecture, so the holdings in Shiga and Miyazaki prefectures have been postponed by one year from the original schedule. Will be done.
The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Taizo Mikazuki, said, "It will be a tournament to face and overcome the threat of the new coronavirus. I want to get ready. "
In addition, Governor Shunji Kono of Miyazaki Prefecture said, "Miyazaki Prefecture has become a major base for actively accepting sports such as various training camps in the previous competition. Five years later, it will be held for the second time, but it will be a competition that will lead to the future. I want to do it. "