Kashiwa

The reason is simple, said Sue Irie, 56, who lives in Kashiwa, Japan: “Because even though I’ve lived overseas longer than I lived in Australia, Australia is still home.”

The J-League says 10 new coronavirus cases were reported among players and staff on the Kashiwa Reysol club.

Kashiwa and FC Tokyo were to have played Saturday.

"Coved-19 made a difficult situation worse," says Dr Asha Kashiwa, president of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare.

“But I don’t have any idea what that reason is,” he told the audience in Kashiwa.