The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has begun urgent measures this month to individually visit restaurants that do not respond to requests for closures or shortened working hours, and urged them to respond to requests in the downtown area near Shinjuku Station on the night of the 6th.
Under the state of emergency, the city has requested that restaurants that serve alcohol be closed and stores that do not serve alcohol be closed by 8 pm in order to reduce the risk of infection and the number of people who eat. increase.
However, some stores have been confirmed to be open late at night and serve alcohol, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Fire Department are cooperating with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Fire Department to take urgent measures to encourage them to visit the stores individually to respond to requests. I'm starting this month.
On the 6th, after 8:30 pm, four staff members from Tokyo visited restaurants that are still open in the downtown area near Shinjuku Station.
He urged him to respond to the request, saying that the infection was spreading at an unprecedented speed, and explained that if he did not respond, he might be subject to a fine of 300,000 yen or less.
In addition to Shinjuku, the capital is also working individually in downtown areas such as Shibuya, Shimbashi, Ueno, and Ikebukuro.
Taichi Inoguchi, General Manager of the Disaster Prevention Department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of General Affairs, said, "The number of stores that do not respond to requests is increasing. I would like to explain the support system carefully and gain understanding."