Japan will extend the state of emergency again and suspend the Tokyo Marathon

Original title: Japan will extend the state of emergency again and suspend the Tokyo Marathon
Tokyo, September 7 people.com.cn reported that COVID-19's domestic COVID-19 is still spreading throughout the country. The Japanese government intends to extend the emergency situation in the 4 metropolitan counties of the capital region (Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba). In addition, Gifu, Aichi and Sanzhong counties, as well as Kyoto, Osaka and Hyogo counties in Kansai region, are also under consideration.
In view of this, the Tokyo Marathon originally planned to be held on October 17 this year is basically determined to be suspended.
It is reported that in response to the 2021 Tokyo Marathon, it was previously proposed that "if the epidemic continues to spread, the race will be suspended if it is still in a state of emergency one month before the start of the race or if the local government requires it to be suspended." at present, the state of emergency originally scheduled to end on September 12 is likely to be extended for 2-3 weeks, It is almost hopeless to lift the one month before the event, that is, before September 17, so it is almost impossible to hold the event. It is expected that the event organizer Tokyo Marathon consortium will hold a board of directors in the middle of this month and make a final decision.
It is reported that the 2021 Tokyo Marathon was originally scheduled to be held on March 7, but due to the spread of the epidemic and other conditions, the interim Board of directors held in October last year postponed the holding time to October 17. In June this year, the organizers also announced that this year's competition will be limited to players from Japan.