J1 Urawa Yuki Abe Calling out to refrain from going out via disaster management radio Saitama May 7 15:15
While the emergency situation continued to be declared, in Saitama City, a player of J1 Urawa Reds, a local soccer team, called on citizens to refrain from going out unnecessarily and urgently through the disaster prevention radio system.
It was Yuki Abe, a former Japanese national football team and soccer J1 Urawa Reds, who called out.
Pre-recorded voices were broadcast all at once at 10 a.m. on the 7th from speakers of disaster prevention administrative radio stations at 572 locations in the city.
During the broadcast, Abe complained, "To prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection, please refrain from going out unnecessarily. Make sure you have adequate ventilation even when you are indoors."
Abe's call will be broadcast daily at 10 am until 31st of this month.
A man in his 30s who listened to the broadcast at a park in the city said, "I think it would be easier to get a message if a famous person called me."
Abe told the NHK interview, “I thought I could do something even in a difficult time, so I did it. I also refrain from going out unnecessarily and urgently I hope it will be an opportunity to self-restrain and ventilate. "