{"id":6242,"date":"2020-05-06T12:11:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T12:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=6242"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:28:20","slug":"japan-sumo-cancelled-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-sumo-cancelled-sports-betting","title":{"rendered":"Summer Grand Sumo Tournament cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Major sporting event the latest to be cut due to the Covid-19 outbreak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Japan.- Japan has cancelled another major sporting event due to the Coronavirus pandemic, with the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament the latest to be called off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The major sumo event, which was scheduled to take place at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan between May 24 and June 7 has been cancelled by the Japan Sumo Association<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The association had originally considered holding the Tokyo tournament without fans in attendance. But it was decided to cancel the event completely with the pandemic at its worst peak in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cancellation comes after Osaka’s Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March became the first top-level meet in the country to be held without spectators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan has already postponed the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo to next year, with many suggesting that it may not take place<\/a><\/em><\/strong> at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Major sporting event the latest to be cut due to the Covid-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Japan Sumo Association has cancelled the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo due to the COVID-19 pandemic, following the earlier spectator-less Spring tournament and the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games. This decision reflects the ongoing severe impact of the pandemic on major sporting events in Japan.","focusai_entities":"Japan Sumo Association","focusai_location":"Japan, Tokyo, Osaka","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.8), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), gambler_consumer (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"What is the projected GGR impact on sports betting operators with significant exposure to Japanese or Asian sports markets due to this and similar event cancellations?"},{"label":"Diversification Strategy?","query":"How are iGaming operators adjusting their product diversification strategies, particularly regarding non-sports verticals like casino or virtual sports, to mitigate revenue volatility from event cancellations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,161,16338,155],"tags":[470,233,14999],"class_list":["post-6242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","category-sports-betting-news","tag-japan","tag-sports-betting","tag-tokyo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6242"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008649,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6242\/revisions\/777008649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}