Phakathi nalesi sikhathi samaholide ehlobo, abahambi baye bagcwala izikhumulo zezindiza neziteshi zesitimela ngaphesheya Japan ukuze bafinyelele emadolobheni abo. Lokhu kuhambisana neziphathimandla ezehlisela i-COVID-19 esimweni somkhuhlane wesizini. Isikhumulo sezindiza saseHaneda eTokyo babone abahambi bema umugqa beyohlolwa ezokuphepha, nokho ukukhathazeka kuqubuka ngesishingishane esizohlasela i-Honshu. Abanye balindele ukuhlangana kabusha nezihlobo ngenxa yezimo ezithuthukisiwe zobhubhane, kuyilapho isishingishane esisondelayo singashintsha izinhlelo. Isiteshi sase-Tokyo sabona amapulatifomu e-shinkansen ephithizelayo, nokubhukha okukhuphukile kwezitimela zasendaweni ne-shinkansen uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule. Isimo sikahulumeni esehlisiwe se-COVID-19 kanye nemikhawulo eyehlisiwe ikhuthaze ukuhamba, okuhlanganisa nokukhuphuka kokubhukha izindiza zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe. NgoMashi, iziphathimandla zaphakamisa izincomo zokugqoka imaski yobuso.
