Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike addresses reporters at a press conference at Tokyo Metropolitan Government headquarters in this April 10, 2020 file photo. (Mainichi/Kentaro Ikushima)

TOKYO -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government may regulate how many people can enter a supermarket at one time amid reports of overcrowding and disarray at stores due to the novel coronavirus crisis, Gov. Yuriko Koike told reporters on April 22.

"Supermarkets have become very crowded. We are urgently considering measures (to address this), including restricting the number of people who can enter at one time and the space between people waiting," Koike stated.

(Japanese original by Hiroko Michishita, City News Department)