Before the state of emergency is declared in four prefectures such as Tokyo on the 25th, large commercial facilities such as department stores that are subject to leave requests are being forced to respond.
Of these, the Tobu Department Store Ikebukuro Main Store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo has decided to shorten the business hours of the underground food department from 10 am to 7 pm from the 25th, and to close all other departments except for some. I did.
In the morning at the department store, employees posted a notice at the store to inform them of the change in business structure.
In addition, at the living room goods section, employees were busy contacting customers who were holding products by phone and telling them that the sales floor would be closed after the 25th.
Sanae Motomura, chief of the public relations section of Tobu Department Store, said, "We have received inquiries from quite a lot of customers and are preparing and responding. Since the food floor will continue to operate from tomorrow, we will thoroughly implement safety measures such as temperature measurement and disinfection. I want to create an environment where people can use it with peace of mind. "