FILE PHOTO: Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a news conference after the government’s decision to exted a state of emergency amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan May 28, 2021. Behrouz Mehri/Pool via REUTERS
July 8, 2021
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday any decision on the size of crowds for the Tokyo Olympics will be made based existing domestic rules.
Under a state of emergency, the number of spectators at major events in Japan is capped at 50% of venue capacity, up to a maximum of 5,000.
Earlier on Thursday, Suga announced that the government would put Tokyo, host of the Tokyo Games that are scheduled to start on July 23, under a coronavirus state of emergency from July 12 to Aug. 22.
(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Alex Richardson)
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