Tokyo Olympics and Paraterrorism Countermeasures Demonstration Test of Detecting Dogs at JR Tokyo Station December 4, 17:11
In front of next year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, a demonstration experiment was conducted at JR Tokyo Station, in which a detection dog that can sniff out explosives, etc. was patroled while passengers actually traveled.
In this demonstration experiment, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, JR East, and others tried to strengthen countermeasures against terrorism on railways during the Tokyo Games.
The experiment was conducted at the transfer station on the Shinkansen at Tokyo Station, and a Labrador Retriever and two Beagle detection dogs taken by the person in charge patrolled around the station.
When a detective dog detects a dangerous object such as an explosive, it means that it follows the user who has the baggage and informs the abnormality, but in the experiment on the 4th, I was checking whether it would interfere with traffic.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is planning to strengthen measures against railway terrorism during the Tokyo Games next year, and in this demonstration experiment, after analyzing the breeds suitable for detection dogs and the route of patrol, etc. It is to consider whether to introduce with the railway operator.
“I thought what I was doing at first, but the number of foreigners will increase at next year ’s Olympics, and I think it ’s necessary for safety. I was talking. "
In addition, Hidenobu Nomoto, head of the crisis management department of the Railway Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, "