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Six years after: Keeping foreign visitors safe the focus of Tokyo earthquake drill

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Ensuring the safety of foreign visitors was the focus of a disaster preparedness drill in Tokyo's Asakusa district March 8 ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

The exercise was held at Sensoji temple, a popular tourist destination in Taito Ward, and adjacent areas.

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It was held with foreign tourists in mind, and based on a scenario that an earthquake with an intensity of upper 6 on the Japanese scale of 7 had struck directly beneath the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Hazards Earthquake
Themes Disaster risk management Inclusion
Country and region Japan

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