For the first time in nearly three months, a street in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district has been reopened to pedestrian traffic only.

On Saturday morning, police officers set up fences along the street in central Ginza to block vehicle traffic.

An 81-year-old was taken into custody last week after crashing his Subaru Outback on a pedestrian walkway in Florida.

Pedestrian traffic was 40 to 70 percent lower than in pre-pandemic levels on Monday in most parts of Japan where the coronavirus continues to spread. The figures were largely unchanged from a week ago.

Mobile carrier NTT Docomo released pedestrian traffic data collected from its base stations without identifying users.