A reception for overseas dignitaries scheduled to be hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Aug. 8, the day of the Tokyo Olympic closing ceremony, has been canceled, a Cabinet member said Friday."We will not basically do (an event) where people gather and that involves eating and drinking from the viewpoint of infection prevention," Olympic minister Tamayo Marukawa said at a regular press conference.The reception at a Tokyo hotel was also expected to be attended by officials of the International Olympic Committee, but it will be scrapped due to concern over potential coronaviru…READ FULL ARTICLE
