AREA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AREA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM

An area management apparatus comprises: an entering/leaving management part that manages person(s) who enters/leaves a predetermined area and item(s) that has/have been introduced into the predetermined area by the person(s) in an associated manner, a determination part that determines whether it is required or not to remove an item introduced into the predetermined area when the item is brought into an unattended state, and a request part that requests at least a person associated with the item being in the unattended state to remove the item in a case where it is determined that the item is required to be removed.