参列者、昨年の２割に　戦没者追悼式、初の縮小―厚労省

　厚生労働省は１２日、８月１５日に開かれる政府主催の全国戦没者追悼式について、戦後７５年となる今年は新型コロナウイルスへの感染防止のため、参列者・来賓を最大１４００人程度とし、規模を昨年の約２割に縮小すると発表した。座席の間隔は１メートルを確保し、全員にマスク着用や手指消毒の徹底を呼び掛け、会場入り口で検温も行う。追悼式の規模縮小は初めて。
　開催場所は例年通り、東京都千代田区の日本武道館とし、天皇陛下のお言葉や首相の式辞、献花などの式次第も変更しないが、国歌斉唱は取りやめる。オンラインでの中継も検討するという。（2020/06/12-11:13）

The Japanese government-sponsored memorial service held in Tokyo on the Aug. 15 war-end anniversary every year will be scaled down this year due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Friday.
   The number of guests and other participants in this year's ceremony, which will mark the 75th anniversary of the country's surrender in World War II, will be limited to around 1,400, or about 20 pct of last year's total of some 6,200, according to the ministry.
   It will be the first time for the annual event to be scaled down.
   The attendants will be seated one meter apart from each other. The government will ask them to wear face masks, sanitize their hands and fingers and undergo body temperature checks at the entrance.
   The venue will be the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, the same as in the past.