Pro football in Japan to resume on July 4
TOKYO: Professional football in Japan will resume in early July without spectators in stadiums after a four-month suspension due to the coronavirus outbreak, the J-League said Friday.
“We have decided to resume games on July 4” for the first division, league chairman Mitsuru Murai announced online. “Making a start on July 4 means it is too early to invite spectators,” he said. Lower divisions will resume games in late June.
Football is the second major professional sport in Japan to announce a return to action after a break forced by the pandemic, following the baseball league’s announcement it would return to play in June.
J-League first-division Cerezo Osaka player Yoichiro Kakitani said “worries have not been completely cleared... but it will be best that all teams in the J-League work together and face off with mutual respect.” The J-League kicked off the season for one weekend in February before suspending it.
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