Analyzing the number of people on the 4th of 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures where the state of emergency is extended, there are many places where the number of people increased from the average on weekdays last month at major points.

NHK uses the location information data of mobile phones collected by IT-related company "Agoop" with the permission of the user in a form that does not identify individuals, and is one of the metropolitan areas where an emergency declaration is issued. We analyzed the number of people in the prefecture.



The analyzed time is


▽ daytime from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm


▽ nighttime

from 6:00 pm

to midnight the next day.



As a result, the number of people at the main points on the 4th increased both during the day and at night compared to the average of weekdays in February until last week.



During the daytime, there was

an increase of


16% near Chiba Station


, 5% near Tokyo Station


, 4% near Shibuya Scramble Crossing,


and 2% near Omiya Station.



▽ The area around Yokohama Station was minus 3%.



At night, there was an


increase of 19% near Chiba Station


, 14% near Omiya Station


, 6% near Yokohama Station


, 2% near Shibuya Scramble Crossing, and 2%


near Tokyo Station.