主要エリア周辺、最大半減　緊急事態宣言直前と比較―ＮＴＴドコモ

　新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を受け、政府が緊急事態宣言を出してから１カ月となった７日、ＮＴＴドコモは全国主要エリアの周辺人口の増減割合について、携帯電話基地局の情報を基に集計し、公表した。７日午後３時時点のデータでは１カ月前と比べ、東京の羽田空港第２ターミナルや大阪・梅田周辺が各５１％減となるなど、最大で半分程度の少なさとなった。
　ただ、大型連休期間の最終日となった６日と比べると軒並み大幅な上昇となっており、出勤や一部の自治体で始まった自粛緩和の動きが人の流れに影響しているとみられる。（2020/05/07-21:16）

The number of people spotted in major areas in Japan on Thursday fell by up to some 50 pct from the levels just before the government's state of emergency declaration over the coronavirus pandemic a month ago, a survey has revealed.
   As of 3 p.m. Thursday (6 a.m. GMT), the number of people at and around Terminal 2 of Tokyo International Airport at Haneda and in and around the Umeda downtown district in the western city of Osaka each fell by 51 pct from a month before, according to the survey by major mobile phone carrier NTT Docomo Inc. , conducted based on data collected through the firm's base stations.
   The state of emergency declaration was issued on April 7 for seven prefectures--Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama, Osaka, Hyogo and Fukuoka--and expanded to cover all 47 prefectures of the country on April 16. It was originally slated to end on Wednesday, the final day of the Golden Week holiday period, but has been extended to the end of May.
   The survey found that the number of people fell 50.9 pct at Sapporo Station of Hokkaido Railway Co., or JR Hokkaido, in the northern city of Sapporo, 49.3 pct at Yokohama Station of East Japan Railway Co. , or JR East, in the eastern city of Yokohama, and 46.8 pct at Kyoto Station of West Japan Railway Co. , or JR West, in the western city of Kyoto.
   Meanwhile, the number of people on Thursday jumped from the levels on Wednesday in many of the surveyed areas, apparently because some local governments lifted their requests for restraints on activities.