"I think it was more crowded than usual because I couldn't move inside the train." (Tokyo Station woman)
"Last year's declaration felt pressure, but I got used to it." (Tokyo Station man)
"The declaration came out.
However, there
is no big change in life. "(Osaka Station female)
" I think the number of people has decreased a little. "(Osaka Station male)
Tokyo Osaka Hyogo An emergency declaration issued to the four prefectures of Kyoto.
On the morning of the 26th, which was the first weekday of the period, people heading to work heard such voices.
It is being called for to curb the flow of people to prevent the spread of the infection, but what about the number of people during the morning commute at major stations?
4 prefectures How many people are there during commuting hours?
NHK will use big data collected by NTT DoCoMo from mobile phone base stations in a privacy-protected manner at 8 am on the 26th for major stations in the four prefectures where the third state of emergency was declared. I analyzed the number of people.
Decreased compared to last Monday
Both decreased compared to last Monday.
▽ Osaka station
decreased by
10%
▽ Kyoto station
decreased by
5%
▽ Kobe city Sannomiya station
decreased
by 4%
▽ Tokyo station decreased by 3%.
Tokyo Kyoto Hyogo Increased from the past two “declarations”
On the other hand, in Tokyo and Kyoto Hyogo, the
number of people has increased
compared to the first emergency declaration
from April last year and
the second emergency declaration from January
.
Tokyo Station
▽ 39% compared to the weekday Monday average at the time of last year's declaration ▽
17%
increase from
the weekday Monday average at the time of the second declaration
.
Kyoto Station
▽ 39% from last year's declaration ▽
8%
increase
from the second declaration
.
Sannomiya Station
▽ 31% from last year's declaration ▽
7%
increase
from the second declaration
.
Osaka station
▽ It increased by 41% compared to the time of last year's declaration, but
▽ It decreased by only 1% compared to the time of the second declaration.
Isn't "telework" permeating ...?
The number of people has increased in many areas compared to the time of the past declaration, but commuters have also heard such voices.
"I'm not a big company, so I don't do telework." (Male employee, Yokohama)
"Last year's declaration stated that the company would promote telework and" never go to work, "but this time it's not that far." (Tokyo company) Male employee)
"I went to work in Kobe because I work as usual" (male commuting from Osaka)
Cooperation to reduce commuting by 70% Minister of Economic Revitalization Nishimura
Mr. Nishimura, the minister in charge of economic revitalization, asked the three economic organizations for their cooperation in reducing the number of employees attending work by 70% through teleworking.
Among them, the Minister for Economic Revitalization Nishimura said, "This mutant strain is extremely infectious, and some of the close contacts who have not been infected so far are infected, and the proportion of people whose infection route is unknown. However, the number of clusters is diversifying, exceeding 60%. The infection level is extremely high in the Kansai region, and there is concern that Tokyo will spread at a considerable speed. "
On top of that, Minister Nishimura said, "I would like to take the opportunity of the Golden Week holidays to take thorough measures to reduce infections, but if it cannot be suppressed, it may mean that stronger measures must be taken," said the third time. Under the state of emergency, we asked for cooperation in order to reduce the flow of people by reducing the number of employees who went to work by 70% by requesting leave or teleworking.
In response,
Keidanren's Chairman Koga expressed his intention to encourage member companies to telework and take vacations, and said, "I hope that intensive measures will be implemented in a short period of time to improve effectiveness. Anyway, it's important to finish early and return to normal. "
▽ Special Advisor Oshima of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce said, "It is necessary for the people and businesses to voluntarily cooperate with infection prevention measures. We should move to aggressive infection control that allows us to continue our activities depending on our efforts. "
▽ Secretary-general Sakurada of Keizai Doyukai said, "I am worried that the number of vaccinations will be smaller than in other countries. The longer it is delayed, the more the mutant strain will evolve and the existing vaccines may not work." Asked to consider expanding the vaccination maker.
JR East. To reduce flights such as Yamanote Line
Under these circumstances, JR East has announced a policy to reduce the number of trains on some lines such as the Yamanote Line during the weekday commuting hours between long holidays.
30th of this month and 6th and 7th of next month during commuting hours
The schedule for reducing flights is three days, the 30th of this month and the 6th and 7th of next month on weekdays between the long holidays.
[Route of the target]
▽ Yamanote Line ▽ Keihin Tohoku ▽ center line of high-speed train ▽ central and Sobu Line of the local train ▽ Joban Line Rapid ▽ Keiyo Line ▽ Ome Line
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in accordance with the emergency declaration railway JR East has decided to reduce flights during commuting hours on weekdays, asking companies to apply reduced flights and holiday schedules between the 29th of this month and the 9th of next month.
Details on how much to reduce the number will be announced soon.
JR East says that it will not advance the last train because it is not requested by Tokyo.
In addition, private railway companies are considering measures and will announce them soon, and in Kansai, JR West and private railways are moving to advance the last train and reduce flights.
Osaka. Online class starts
In response to the state of emergency, online classes began on the 26th at elementary and junior high schools in Osaka City, and in the 6th grade class at Honda Elementary School in Nishi-ku, Osaka, children took online classes at home in the morning.
In the classroom, the teacher in charge attends using the video conferencing system, then gives a math lesson to the monitor, explains with figures on the blackboard, gives exercises and answers using the chat function. I was asking for.
During the state of emergency, Osaka City elementary and junior high schools will not be closed and will combine online classes at home with classes at school.
Teacher Shinpei Kimura said, "I was able to proceed with the lesson while watching the reaction from the children's nods than I expected. I would like to receive feedback from the children and make the lesson better."
The girl child who participated said, "I'm a little sad because I can't get along with my friends. I'm glad I heard the sound better than I expected."
Osaka. Parents can't take time off from work ... Many children go to school
On the other hand, in some schools, many children take face-to-face classes due to reasons such as parents not being able to take time off from work.
At Daikoku Elementary School in Naniwa Ward, Osaka, we started online lessons on the 26th, shooting lessons and delivering them to homes. I went to school and am taking face-to-face classes as before.
In the 6th grade classroom, morning meetings and Japanese language classes were distributed online, and the children who went to school and the children who participated in the class through the monitor learned the stroke order of kanji together.
The school delivers classes online in the first, second and afternoon classes, but everyone is expected to attend school during the third and fourth hours and lunch hours.
Principal Harumi Okada said, "There are many students who want to go to school because of family circumstances. I was relieved that there was no major confusion."
On the 25th of the first day of the "declaration", the number of customers visiting restaurants decreased by nearly 30%
On the 25th, when the third state of emergency was declared, a private survey was completed that the number of people who used restaurants in the Tokyo metropolitan area, 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, decreased by nearly 30% from the previous week.
Tokyo's IT company "Toreta", which provides restaurants with reservation and customer management systems, is investigating the number of customers visiting about 3000 stores in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, and according to this, the number of customers visiting the store on the 25th is It decreased by 29% compared to the previous Sunday.
By time of day ...
▽ The number of customers was the highest,
"5 pm to 8 pm" decreased by 34.2%
▽ "8 pm to midnight the next day" decreased by 45.3%, and the
daytime hours also
decreased
▽ "From 11:00 am" "3 pm" decreased by 20.7%
▽ "3 pm to 5 pm" decreased by 32.1%.
The day before the "declaration", I rushed in ...?
On the other hand, the day before the declaration was issued, the number of customers visiting the store on Saturday, 24th, increased by 4.9% compared to the previous week. The company surveyed reduced the number of customers visiting the store on Sunday, 25th, in response to a request for closure of restaurants offering alcohol and karaoke in a state of emergency, while rushing in on Saturday the day before. It seems that there was.