Comic Market to Drop COVID-19 Vaccination & Test Rules, Keep Masking Rule

The organizers of the Comic Market (Comiket) event announced on Friday that the Comic Market 100 event will drop the requirements for attendees to have proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test, because “given recent stabilization, current government guidelines forgo such checks.”

The staff later reported that four more people linked to the event tested positive for COVID-19.

Comic Market 99 had allowed around 55,000 participants per day when it was held on December 30-31.