Thursday, 1 September 2011

Japan disaster drills hold greater sense of urgency (Reuters)

A rescue diver of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department carries a man during an earthquake disaster drill in Tokyo September 1, 2011. Emergency drills were held on Thursday across Japan involving some 517,000 participants in 35 prefectures, the first of such annual exercises since the earthquake and tsunami which hit the country's northeast in March, Kyodo news agency reported. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - Over half a million people across Japan took part in annual drills on Thursday to prepare for natural disasters, but this year's exercises held a more immediate sense of urgency following the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northeast coast in March.



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