Panel pitches closed-doors return to NPB, J-League

Nippon Professional Baseball and soccer's J-League should consider playing games without fans, a panel of experts recommended to Japan's biggest pro sports bodies when they met Friday for their eighth online summit regarding the coronavirus pandemic.In the online press conference that followed, Mitsuo Kaku, a professor at Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, spelled out some key points the leagues should consider to prevent games from becoming viral hotspots.These included minimizing team travel and the way they move around, and infection countermeasures in stadiums to ensure the s…READ FULL ARTICLE