On the 22nd, three weeks after the state of emergency was lifted, nighttime traffic around major stations across the country increased at many points compared to a week ago.

NHK analyzed the number of people at major points nationwide using mobile phone location data collected by IT-related company Agoop with the permission of users in a non-personally identifiable manner. ..



At many points, the number of people at night around major stations nationwide increased from a week ago on Friday, 22nd, three weeks after the state of emergency issued in Tokyo and Osaka was lifted. ..



The rate of increase in each


area is 26% near Tokyo Station,


22% near Nagoya Station,


18% near Hiroshima Station,


15% near Yokohama Station


, 14% near Sendai Station, and


▽ Umeda Station in Osaka. The area is 10%,


▽ Sapporo station area is 3%,


▽ Hakata station area is 2%.



On the other hand,


near Kyoto Station, the number of people at night decreased by 2%, but increased by 19% during the day.



With the cancellation of the declaration, the provision of alcohol to restaurants and restrictions on business hours have been relaxed, and the number of people is increasing significantly in various places.