Tokyo, Nov 19 (TIWN) Japan will formally decide on Friday to remove an existing spectator cap on attendance at large-scale events and relax rules on food establishments, mostly relating to any future Covid-19 state of emergency.

According to the new plan approved by a government panel of experts in the morning, full attendance at venues will be allowed under certain conditions even during future emergency measures, requiring having a system in place to check whether visitors have been vaccinated or hold a negative test result for the virus, reports Xinhua news agency.