China Wuhan coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization yesterday (30 January 2020), and the warning frightens Japanese idol groups.

Today, Japanese idol group Nogizaka46 informed their Chinese fanclub members that the idol group have cancelled their pre-sale orders for 8th YEAR BIRTHDAY LIVE in February. Moreover, 3 Japanese idols groups Hinatazaka46, NMB48 and SKE48 announced today, that they decide to postpone to upcoming handshake events this week.

Remarks1: AKB48 announced to postpone their upcoming 56th single handshake event at Intex Osaka on 1 February 2020 yesterday.

Remarks2: AKB48 and their Chinese group Team SH announced on 27 January 2020, that Team SH's LIVE at AKB48 Theater, Tokyo on 1 February 2020 is postponed.