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A large Halloween crowd was also held in Tokyo, Japan.
It was different from ours in that the Japanese police got directly into the command car and controlled the scene.
I’m Tokyo correspondent Hyung-jun Hyun.
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The famous Japanese Halloween festival, Shibuya street in Tokyo.
It was the time when the festival was held in Itaewon, Seoul.
Even in Tokyo, Japan, where cosplay culture has traditionally been active, many people have flocked to enjoy Halloween.
Hundreds of police officers are stationed at a glance.
In addition to maintaining traffic and order, a separate police force has been established to prevent crushing incidents.
What stands out are the police commanders installed across the street.
The so-called DJ Police.
Like a DJ at a concert, I climbed to the top of the police command car and looked down on the crowd.
It is DJ Police’s job to guide pedestrians and prevent crowd accidents.
[DJ 폴리스(일본 경시청 기동대)]
“Please proceed slowly while looking at the person in front of you. Please do not stop at the intersection as it could cause an accident due to congestion.”
The reason why on-the-spot control has been strengthened in this way on the crowd site
In 2001, a large-scale crushing accident occurred.
More than 200,000 people flocked to the Akashi Fireworks Festival in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
After the event, during the transfer to the train station, a bottleneck occurred on the narrow pedestrian bridge and a crushing accident occurred.
Like the sloping lanes of Itaewon, I was pushed and fell all at once on a bridge where there was no way out.
11 dead and 183 wounded.
Since then, hundreds of Japanese policemen have been deployed to prevent crushing incidents in Shibuya, Tokyo and other places where Christmas, Halloween and New Year’s events take place.
Also, it is forbidden to drink on the street in situations where there are temporarily a lot of people like this time.
The United States is also paying close attention to Halloween security incidents.
In New York, dangerous areas like Manhattan and Brooklyn are closed on Halloween and Airbnb, a well-known housing brokerage, completely bans Halloween parties in housing.
I’m Young-Jun Hyun of MBC News from Tokyo.
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