TOKYO (AP) — On a day when Japan's prime minister admitted postponing the Tokyo Olympics may be unavoidable, medical experts suggested it could be possible for the top-flight Japanese baseball and soccer seasons to resume by the end of next month. Nippon Professional Baseball Organisation and the J.League received advice Monday from medical experts during the fourth meeting of the joint panel that was formed to assess impacts of the coranavirus pandemic.
A professor in infection control and prevention, said the sports officials should be targeting a start date at the end of April. Both leagues have been aiming to return at the beginning of April, but now it seems like they need to push it back further.