Overview

• The Consumer Safety Investigation Committee on September 25 opened an independent inquiry to assess crowding hazards at music events, citing rapid market growth and a shift to varied indoor facilities.
• The study will prioritize large indoor venues, chiefly those with capacity above 10,000, with a focus on how entry and exit are managed.
• Officials say indoor events lack the shared, systematized safety measures seen at outdoor venues, and the panel plans to study guidance methods and issue proposals rather than immediate mandates.
• Past cases referenced include a 2017 incident in Kobe where three people were injured in a fall and a 2023 case in Tokyo where multiple people fainted from oxygen deprivation.
• A report from 2024 described about 30 minutes of packed corridors and screams before a show, and experts warned there was a possibility a domino-style collapse could have resulted in dozens of deaths.