Just over three months after suspending all competitions due to the rising coronavirus crisis, the J. League on Friday announced its plan to resume its first division on July 4.
Teams will initially play nearby opponents in order to minimize travel and a host of other countermeasures will be put in place in order to reduce the risk of infections.
The revised dates were approved by the league’s executive committee one week after a panel of medical experts gave the J. League and Nippon Professional Baseball the green light to resume play from mid-June.