Japan to weigh allowing up to 20,000 spectators at events amid virus

Japan will consider raising the upper limit for the number of spectators at sports, concerts and other events to up to 20,000 from the current 5,000, as coronavirus cases have been moderating recently, a senior government official said Wednesday.The government will weigh raising the ceiling following a request from the country's pro baseball and soccer leagues to raise the maximum attendance to 20,000 spectators or 50 percent of a venue's capacity, whichever is less."We will take into account their request and consider it," Yasutoshi Nishimura, economic revitalization minister in charge of …READ FULL ARTICLE