Japan plans to remove the spectator attendance limit for large-scale events and allow venues to be filled to capacity even under a COVID-19 state of emergency by using a system to check whether visitors have been vaccinated or have tested negative for the virus, government sources said Friday.
Under the current guidelines, attendance at large-scale events such as professional sports games and concerts is capped at 5,000 spectators or 50% of venue capacity, whichever is larger.
As new and serious COVID-19 cases have sharply fallen across the country recently, the government will revise the guidelines after hearing the opinions of COVID-19 experts possibly on Nov. 19, the sources said.