THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 27, 2020 at 14:10 JST
A soccer match is held behind closed doors in Saitama in March 2014 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Japan’s top-flight soccer league is ready to resume its season within weeks of the country’s pro baseball league starting play.
The J.League is expected to officially announce its plans on Friday.
A local news agency reported that league matches will resume on June 27 or July 4. The agency offered the dates and cited unnamed sources.
The resumption will be without fans. That is also the plan when baseball begins play on June 19.
Japan’s two big sports leagues are able to resume after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted a state of emergency on Monday.
The J.League started its season on Feb. 21 but was forced to stop play a few days later. Baseball’s regular season had not yet begun.
The news agency reported the J.League will try to limit travel, with plans for teams in the same geographical region playing each other.
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