Stopping the year-end countdown around Shibuya station Preventing the spread of corona infection September 9 18:29
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo has announced that it will cancel all the events such as the year-end countdown around Shibuya Station to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
This was revealed by Ken Hasebe, the mayor of Shibuya Ward, at the plenary session of the ward assembly on the 9th.
In Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, we have been holding events such as year-end countdowns at several places around Shibuya Station four nights ago, and 100,000 people from all over the world gather each year.
However, as many young people are becoming more crowded and the risk of infection increases, Mayor Hasebe said at the ward assembly plenary session on the 9th, “I can't create a cluster in the city of Shibuya. , We will respond by calling to stop gathering in Shibuya." It was made clear that all events such as year-end countdown will be canceled.
Also, Mayor Hasebe has indicated that he will call out through SNS etc. not to get to Shibuya, because many young people will gather in Shibuya's center streets every year for Halloween next month.