No masks required, but Japanese fans still wear them at WBC
Spectators are packed at the stand waiting for the start of the Pool B game between Japan and Australia at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) at the Tokyo Dome Sunday, March 12, 2023, in Tokyo. The Japanese government relaxed its mask-wearing guidelines on Monday, but the vast majority of fans at the Tokyo Dome watching the World Baseball Classic still wore them. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Eugene Hoshiko]
TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government has relaxed its mask-wearing guidelines but the vast majority of fans at the Tokyo Dome watching the World Baseball Classic still wore them. Nippon Professional Baseball also issued new guidelines. Spectators will now be allowed to cheer at the Tokyo Dome without wearing masks, which had been prohibited until Sunday. The majority of people attending games at the Tokyo Dome on Monday were wearing a mask.
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Spectators wearing face mask wait for a Pool B game between Australia and the Czech Republic at the World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, March 13, 2023. The Japanese government relaxed its mask-wearing guidelines on Monday, but the vast majority of fans at the Tokyo Dome watching the World Baseball Classic still wore them. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS/Shuji Kajiyama
Spectators enter the Tokyo Dome ahead of a Pool B game between Australia and the Czech Republic at the World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, March 13, 2023. The Japanese government relaxed its mask-wearing guidelines on Monday, but the vast majority of fans at the Tokyo Dome watching the World Baseball Classic still wore them. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS/Shuji Kajiyama