What is the number of people at night due to the cancellation of the time saving request to restaurants in 5 prefectures such as Tokyo?

Requests for restaurants to shorten business hours were lifted on the 25th in five prefectures, including Tokyo and Osaka.

Compared to a week ago, the number of people at night in each region increased in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, but decreased in Roppongi, and there were variations depending on the region.

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

On the 25th, requests for shortened working hours for restaurants were lifted in Tokyo, Osaka, Chiba, Kanagawa, and Saitama prefectures.

The number of people at the main points in these five prefectures

increased by 32% near Chiba Station,

18% near Umeda Station in Osaka,

13% near Kabukicho, Shinjuku, and

4% near Shibuya Scramble Crossing

.

On the other hand,

▽ Roppongi area

decreased by

11%

▽ Omiya station area

decreased by

6%

▽ Ginza area

decreased by

4%

▽ Yokohama station area decreased by 3%.

With the cancellation of the request for shortened working hours, many restaurants have returned or expanded their business hours from the 25th, but the number of people varied depending on the region.