Japan tries hi-tech experiments in bid to get more fans into sports stadiums

Atsuhiro Tanabe, a part-time stadium crew member, wipes seats of a baseball stadium, home for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, seen during a media tour in Yokohama, south of Tokyo on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. The tour was held to introduce device installed at the stadium to record behaviors of baseball audience members during a game for coronavirus control. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Officials in Japan are using some hi-tech devices to see if they can fill sports stadiums closer to capacity during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The baseball stadium in Yokohama will be used this weekend in an experiment to test if its 32,000 seats can be filled safely.