Japan to lift 10,000 crowd cap for events Nov. 1 as virus cases fall

Japan decided Thursday to lift an attendance cap of 10,000 at large-scale events such as sports games and concerts on Nov. 1, as new COVID-19 cases steadily decline across the country, a government official said.The decision comes as a government subcommittee the same day approved the lifting of the 10,000 cap imposed in 27 prefectures including Tokyo, although a nationwide attendance limit of 50 percent of venue capacity will remain in place for the time being, the official said.The 27 out of the total 47 prefectures in Japan had been under a state of emergency or a quasi-state of emergenc…READ FULL ARTICLE