COVID-19: AKB48 Group is closing for a break

After the Japanese government asked all event and concert organizers on 26 February 2020 to refrain from and/or postpone such events in the interest of public health because of the corona virus, the AKB48 Group has issued for all its Japanese groups AKB48, AKB48 Team 8, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48, NGT48 and STU48 to close the theaters until 11 March 2020 and to refrain from concerts and events with an audience. NMB48 has also announced to postpone the concert Akarin Fez 2020, which was scheduled to take place on 11 April 2020. When, how and if the events will take place will be announced by the groups at a later date.