Japan rethinks easing crowd limits at events as infections rise

Japan is having second thoughts about relaxing the current restrictions on the number of spectators allowed to enter sporting and other major events, a senior government official said Saturday."We need to think about this carefully," Yasutoshi Nishimura, economy minister in charge of Japan's measures against the spread of the coronavirus, said at a press conference, referring to the government's initial plan to further ease the restrictions next month.His comment came amid a recent surge in the number of infections in Tokyo and elsewhere, after the government fully ended a nationwide state …READ FULL ARTICLE