Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on live sports viewing in Japan 2021

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Alexandru Arba,
Oct 27, 2021
According to a survey conducted in February 2021 in Japan, 5.1 percent of respondents stated that they went spectating professional baseball (NPB) games in the past year. The figure declined for all sports disciplines, depicting the negative effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on live sports spectating in Japan.

Impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak on live sports spectating in Japan as of February 2021

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Release date

July 2021

Region

Japan

Survey time period

February 2 to 5 , 2021

Age group

18-79 years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

February 2019 to January 2020 survey: n=5,000
February 2020 to January 2021 survey: n=5,005

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