Coronavirus outreak hits Japanese idol groups' activities. Idol groups have to halt their events and other activities.

Sashihara Rino made guest appearance on FujiTV's variety show Wide na Show on 23 February 2020, and talked about the recent coronavirus outbreak halting the sport events and showbiz events. Sashihara Rino is producing two idol groups now, her groups have the kind of events which the idols touch the fans directly, and her group halt them, she also heard AKB48 group and Nogizaka46 also halt their events, she explained if a concert is cancelled due to weather conditions, it is covered by insurance, there is no loss, but the terms are not included coronavirus decease, and it would suffer a huge loss, that is why the idol group do not halt their their concerts".

Sashihara Rino also pointed out that if let the management teams and agencies make all the decision, their responsibilities is too large for them to handle, however, if Japanese Government steps out to stop them, of course, it is not just about loss of cost.

Reference: Sponichi Annex

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