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“Emergency extension … At least it will be delayed after July.”
Broadcasting the KBO League in Japan
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kyung-yoon Kim = The opening of Japanese professional baseball in June has practically collapsed.
Japanese media, including Sankei Sports, said on Monday: “In the wake of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the government’s objective of extending the emergency period to May 31 was to hamper the June opening.”
The Japanese government declared an emergency in some areas, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, on the 7th of last month when the confirmed crown number19 increased and expanded to the entire country on the 16th.
The deadline for the emergency declaration was until the 6th of this month. However, as the crown problem spread, a press conference was held on the 5th to announce that the emergency will last until the 31st of this month.
Twelve professional baseball teams in Japan stopped team training during the emergency period and gave players autonomous training.
The clubs were to open the board of directors when the emergency ended and decide on the opening date, but the decision was extended due to the decision to extend the emergency.
Assuming that team training and practice take approximately 4 weeks, the opening of professional baseball in Japan is expected to be postponed after at least July.
The All-Star Game, scheduled for July 19-20, was virtually destroyed.
This is the first time that the All-Star Game, which began in 1951, has not been held.
Japan’s professional baseball has already abandoned the interleague of the Central Pacific League. Furthermore, the reduction in the number of games per team (125 games) became inevitable.
While Japan’s professional baseball is suspended, the Korean KBO league is broadcast throughout Japan.
The secretariat of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) announced on Monday that the KBO League will be broadcast live every day from the 5th on the Japanese wired and wireless platform SPOZONE.
The Japanese media started promoting KBO League. Japan’s Full Count introduced Korean players like Lee Dae-ho (Lotte Giants), Kim Tae-gyun (Hanhwa Eagles), and Lee Dae-eun (kt wiz) to broadcast information about the KBO League.
Meanwhile, while the former Japanese team stopped training, Hanshin Tigers left-hander Utah Iwasada was interviewed to watch Korean dramas and caught attention.
Iwasada said in a face-to-face online interview with Japanese media on 4, “I am completely absorbed in the uncertainty of Korean dramatic love.”
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