Recycle bins will be transparent, and station lockers will be suspended. And for five days from the 18th of this month, large-scale traffic restrictions will be carried out mainly in Hiroshima City.

Some companies change their product delivery plans to respond, and some pregnant women are worried that their childbirth will overlap with traffic restrictions.

Ahead of the G5 Hiroshima Summit, which will begin on the 19th, we covered the sites of measures being taken in various regions.

* There is also a link to an article that summarizes the details of traffic regulations in the text.

Ujina Island, where the main venue is located, entry restrictions begin

In front of the bridge that spans Ujina Island from the mainland side of Hiroshima City, a movable fence was installed around 15 p.m. on the 3th, and access restrictions began.

In principle, only those who have been issued an "identification card" proving that they are residents or businesses of the island will be allowed to enter and exit from now on.

There are security checkpoints around the fence for pedestrians and cars, and you will be asked to pass through security checkpoints and show your identification card and have your baggage checked every time you enter the island.

A woman in her 50s who lives on the island said, "I feel that the number of police officers has increased and the atmosphere has become more enormous, and I hope that it will end safely and without incident."

Access to Ujina Island is scheduled to be restricted until around noon on the 21st of this month, after the summit ends.

For five days from the 18th, large-scale traffic restrictions will be enforced mainly in Hiroshima City.

Updated as needed【Traffic Regulation Summary】What is the G7 Hiroshima Summit road closure section? (Updated on May 5)

If childbirth coincides with traffic restrictions... Some pregnant women feel anxious

This is Yuki Shigechika, 27, who is scheduled to give birth at an obstetrics and gynecology clinic in Mikawa-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City.

The scheduled date is the 16th of this month, and if the scheduled date is exceeded, it may overlap with traffic regulations.

When Shigechika gave birth, she plans to take a taxi from her home to the hospital. However, I don't know the time of traffic restrictions until just before, and I am worried about whether I can go to the hospital in an emergency.

Shigechika said, "There are many things I don't understand, so that's what worries me the most. You have to go through the road, so I would like you to give that a little consideration."

The hospital checks the latest information on traffic regulations each time and communicates with pregnant women by phone to respond.

The Hiroshima City Fire Bureau urges people to "first check the traffic control circuits in advance, and in case of emergency, call an ambulance to protect the baby's life."

Bread manufacturers and distributors take measures such as accelerating shipping times

Due to traffic restrictions, delivery by commercial vehicles is recommended from around 0:6 a.m. to 2:2 a.m.

A bread manufacturing and sales company headquartered in Hiroshima City delivers products nationwide mainly from two factories in the prefecture, and decided to change the delivery plan in accordance with traffic regulations.

This means bringing production and shipment forward by bringing some plant workers to work two hours earlier, changing delivery routes, and increasing the number of trucks.

As a result, we plan to finish delivery by around 6 a.m. in Hiroshima City, but some delivery destinations have earlier delivery times than before, so we are requesting the person in charge to come to work early.

Michifumi Fujikawa, leader of the logistics department of this corporate group, said, "Since the G7 Summit will be held in Hiroshima, we would like to support it as a local company and deliver products as usual."

Garbage bins in coin lockers Measures taken at stations and airports

At JR Hiroshima Station, as a counter-terrorism measure in the run-up to the summit, from the 15th to the 22nd of this month, luggage can no longer be left in all five coin lockers.

Luggage that has already been checked can be taken out until the 5th, but on the 17th, the day before the summit starts, all of them will be taken out and stored at the management company.

At JR stations in the Chugoku region, Miyajimaguchi Station, Iwakuni Station, and Okayama Station will also be suspended from May 18 to May 15, the last day of the summit.

In addition, at Hiroshima Airport, the trash cans installed have been replaced with transparent ones that allow you to see the inside.

Hiroshima Airport is expected to be used by the leaders of the countries participating in the summit, and counterterrorism measures are being strengthened.

The use of some parking spaces and coin lockers in the adjacent multi-storey parking lot is already restricted, and the observation deck will be closed from the 18th.

Tokyo also expands security posture and strengthens patrols at bus terminals

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has dispatched many riot police officers to Hiroshima, but it has also raised the alert level in Tokyo and has expanded its security system by summoning police officers working at police stations as riot police officers.

At Busta Shinjuku, a highway bus terminal in front of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, riot police were stationed in various locations to patrol, and security dogs that detect explosives checked coin lockers for suspicious objects.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department plans to strengthen patrols at large stations, airports, downtown areas, and other places called "soft targets" where many people gather, and to increase the number of police officers at important facilities such as foreign embassies to thoroughly implement measures to prevent terrorism.

Chief Hijiri Okazaki of the Harajuku Police Station said, "I would like to ask the citizens of Tokyo for their cooperation, such as asking the police officers to let me know if they feel something out of the ordinary."