Increased before and after the declaring of crowds in downtown Tokyo at night Mobile data analysis

Increased before and after the declaring of crowds in downtown Tokyo at night Mobile data analysis June 3, 16:31

An analysis of the number of people in the downtown area at night in Tokyo using big data on a mobile phone revealed that the number of people has increased since the end of the last month's declaration of an emergency.

NHK estimates nighttime crowds in downtown Tokyo in a form that does not identify individuals based on location information collected by IT-related company "Agroup" with the permission of mobile phone users. , Analyzed.

As a result of analyzing the population for about 3 months until the 2nd, while the trend continued to be smaller than in March before the declaration of an emergency, the population increased from around the 25th of the last month when it was lifted. I found out that

Near Shinjuku Kabukicho, after a large holiday last month, the number of people will start to increase.

Friday, the 29th of last month, had the highest number of people in the last two months, and more than quadruple the number of weekdays, the 13th, which was the lowest.

Even in the vicinity of Roppongi in Minato Ward, the number of people began to increase after the large holiday break, and the number of employees increased to 2.6 times on April 2, which was the smallest weekday on April 14.

In the vicinity of Ginza in Chuo Ward, there is no tendency to increase the number of people as large as Kabukicho or Roppongi, but the 1st was almost 2.5 times that of April 17, the smallest weekday.

Even near the scramble crossing in Shibuya, after the declaration of emergency was lifted, the number of people at night increased significantly, and the day reached nearly quadruple on April 13, the smallest weekday.