Japan to ease virus rule on Sept. 19 to allow more people at events

Japan decided Friday to relax a rule limiting the size of crowds at professional sports, concerts and other events from Sept. 19 to expand social and economic activities amid signs nationwide coronavirus cases are moderating in recent days.The government will lift the 5,000-person cap on large events, allowing them to hold up to 50 percent of their capacity, officials said following a meeting of a panel of experts.Under the current rule, venues for such events are allowed to hold up to 50 percent of their capacity or up to a total of 5,000 people.As for smaller events with limited human int…READ FULL ARTICLE