About 1.6 million people across Japan took part in an annual emergency drill to simulate an emergency response to a strong 7.3 magnitude quake.Rescue operations and emergency medical exercises were carried out to simulate an emergency response to a strong 7.3 magnitude quake rocking Tokyo in the early morning. \r\nThe nationwide drill is held annually on September 1, known in Japan as Disaster Prevention Day, which comes on the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake that killed more than 100,000 people and leveled Tokyo. |
