People began traveling en masse again Saturday, a day after the government lifted its last-remaining advisories recommending against interprefecture travel amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The government, however, still faces a difficult task of reining in the spread of the coronavirus while accelerating economic activity to help businesses recover.
At JR Tokyo Station, face mask-wearing East Japan Railway Co. officials were busy serving luggage-carrying travelers at service windows partitioned by vinyl sheets installed as part of anti-virus measures.