Nippon Professional Baseball and the J. League want teams to focus on making sure players and staff members don’t become infected with COVID-19 so as not to become a burden on the local medical system in the cities where their teams will be holding training camps this spring.
During the latest meeting of the NPB-J. League task force, both NPB Commissioner Atsushi Saito and J. League Chairman Mitsuru Murai said they’re hoping to not cause trouble as their teams train in locales far from their usual homes.
Saito, during an online news conference after the meeting, said the hundreds of people — including players and staffers — traveling to the camp sites, the majority of which are located in Miyazaki and Okinawa prefectures, should do so with a sense of urgency.