No spectators at Tokyo Olympics should remain option: Komeito chief

The leader of Komeito, the smaller party in Japan's ruling coalition, said Thursday barring spectators from the Tokyo Olympics should remain an option amid concerns of a sharp rebound in coronavirus cases.Natsuo Yamaguchi's remarks come as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga mulls whether to extend a quasi-state of emergency covering the capital and surrounding prefectures with less than a month until the games begin."I've said we need to be on the lookout for a rebound in infections, and that's exactly what we are seeing now," Yamaguchi told reporters. "I hope the government will remain open to …READ FULL ARTICLE