Tokyo train operator asks commuters not to wear scary costumes on Halloween weekend

Tokyo train operator asks commuters not to wear scary costumes on Halloween weekend

Keio Corporation, one of Tokyo’s main train operators, recently asked the city’s residents to avoid commuting in scary costumes this weekend.

October 28, 2022
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A main train operator in Tokyo recently requested that the city’s commuters avoid wearing scary costumes this weekend.
“When going out to celebrate Halloween, please refrain from boarding the train while wearing costumes that may make other passengers feel uneasy or frightened,” Keio Corporation said in a recent announcement, as per SoraNews24.
The train operator also noted that it will “strengthen crime prevention measures” from Oct. 29 until Oct. 31, setting its crisis management level to “Severe Alert System.”
There will be more security guards present at different stations, as well as strengthened patrol operations.
This is in response to an incident that occurred on Halloween last year in which a Japanese man named Kyota Hattori put on a Joker costume and injured 17 people during a knife and fire attack at Kokuryo train station in Tokyo’s western suburbs.
 
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