Japanese government easing/changing COVID restrictions for events going forward

Events in Japan will now be able to hold either 5,000 people or half of the venue's overall capacity depending on which number is larger.

Cheering & shouting at events will be allowed for shows opting to run at half capacity and restrictions will remain in place for shows choosing to run at max or over half capacity.

What this means: shows like WK at the Tokyo Dome where the maximum capacity is roughly around 40k will be capped at 20k regardless so cheering should hypothetically be allowed as long as New Japan chooses to allow it.

For a show like Power Struggle where the arena can hold about 5-5.5K they'll have to decide whether to run at 5k max capacity or 2.5K with cheering allowed. Same will apply to other shows going forward

No idea what New Japan's path forward is going to look like or how quickly they'll look to take advantage of any of this, but it's worth pointing out that they're likely to have trouble drawing full houses under current circumstances even if they choose to try and go that route. I'm not sure how likely a 20k Dome crowd is either even if they're allowed to chase it