All seats empty as sumo tournament starts amid virus fears
The Osaka Grand Sumo Tournament opens its 15-day tournament without spectators amid the coronavirus outbreak in Osaka, western Japan, today. – EPA pic, March 8, 2020.
SUMO’S spring tournament began behind closed doors today, the latest big event in Japan to be hit by the coronavirus less than five months before the Tokyo Olympics. The Japan Sumo Association said last week spectators would be barred the tournament in Osaka from today until March 22, as the virus has infected at least 454 people across Japan and been linked to seven deaths.
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