The number of complaints about noise last year was more than 18,000, which was about 20% more than before the spread of the new corona infection, against the background of spending more time at home due to the corona disaster. rice field.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, 18,755 noise complaints were received by local governments nationwide last fiscal year.
Although it decreased by 5.1% compared to the previous fiscal year, it was about 20% higher than in 2019, before the spread of the new corona infection, and it was found that the number of complaints continued to be high.
Regarding this, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications believes that the background is that the time spent at home has increased, such as the spread of working from home due to the corona crisis.
Regarding the cause of complaints about noise,
▽"Construction work" was the most common with 7221 cases, accounting for 38.5% of the total.
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▽ 3391 cases, which accounted for 18.1% of the total, were related to the sounds of machines operating in factories, and
▽ 906 cases were related to human voices and noises heard from restaurants.
An official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said, "It seems that there are an increasing number of cases in which people are becoming more aware of construction noises in their neighborhood as they spend more time at home than they could before when they were working outside." I'm here.