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news Despite virus emergency, Tokyo area stations are still crowded after Golden Week holiday The Mainichi © The Mainichi Commuters wearing masks are seen in front of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on the morning of May 6, 2021, after the Golden Week holiday. (Mainichi/Kimi Takeuchi) TOKYO Even with a state of emergency in effect, trains and stations in Japan s capital area were crowded on the morning of May 6, the day after the Golden Week holiday. Major stations like JR Yurakucho Station in Chiyoda Ward were full with commuters heading for work or school, apparently in part because the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) and major private railway operators reduced train services due to the state of emergency.

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