Japan to Keep 10,000-Person Event Limit as Olympics Loom
Spectator stands during an athletics test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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Japan will keep a ceiling of 10,000 spectators for public events even after ending virus-related restrictions, a policy that may determine the number of fans permitted at the Tokyo Olympics when they open in five weeks.
Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, the government’s point man on the pandemic, told an advisory panel Wednesday the upper limit could last as long as a month beyond the lifting of other restrictions on activities.