Before the state of emergency was declared, the Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department jointly confirmed patrols and infection control measures at restaurants on the night of the 23rd in the downtown area of Tokyo.
This initiative was carried out all at once in more than 20 downtown areas in Tokyo, of which more than 70 people, including police officers and Tokyo staff, gathered in Kabukicho, Shinjuku.
Police officers patroled for malicious bargaining, stopped by restaurants that were open, and called attention to the fact that they were being stolen at stores that were open for a short time.
In addition, Tokyo staff also go around restaurants with police officers to check the status of infection control, and ask the clerk based on a check sheet such as whether disinfectant is placed and whether there is a gap between customers. I was listening to them one by one.
In Tokyo, it was decided that an emergency declaration would be issued from the 25th, but in Kabukicho, after 6 pm, office workers returning from work were coming and going one after another.
Koji Shigenari, chief of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Life Safety and General Affairs Division, said, "The spread of infection has had a major impact on downtown areas, such as the increase in malicious bargaining due to shortened business hours. I want to go. "