China News Service, April 29. According to a report by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), at 3 pm local time on the 29th, Tokyo, Japan reported 1,027 newly diagnosed new crowns. This is the first time since January 28, 3 months in the local area. The number of newly diagnosed cases in a single day exceeded 1,000 for the first time.
Data map: Japan under the epidemic.
Since mid-to-late March, as Tokyo and other places have successively lifted the state of emergency, the epidemic in Japan has rebounded again.
In view of the current situation of the epidemic, the Japanese government has issued a declaration of emergency for the third time on April 22. The scope of application of this declaration is Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo. The implementation time is from April 25 to May. 11th.
On April 29, Japan's "Golden Week" large-scale consecutive holiday kicked off as the epidemic continued to spread.
Although the flow of people in many places has increased compared with 2020, there is still a big gap compared to before the epidemic.
According to Japan's All Nippon Airways, during this year's "Golden Week" period, the number of reservations for domestic routes in Japan was about 400,000, which is 7 times that of 2020, but only 40% of the data for 2019.
In terms of railways, the Japan Railway Company (JR) statistics, as of 10 am on April 29th, local time, the highest occupancy rate of ordinary seats on the Shinkansen in Japan is only 60%.
A passenger waiting for the train at Tokyo Station said that he was embarrassed to travel when the government asked not to travel as much as possible. "But because my mother was alone in her hometown, she was very worried, and finally decided to go home to visit relatives."