Mori presides over mock disaster-relief drills

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (2nd from L), flanked by National Land Agency chief Chikage Ogi (L), speaks with Shizuoka Gov. Yoshinobu Ishikawa in a teleconference during an emergency cabinet session he convened Sept. 1 to preside over mock disaster-relief drills conducted as part of annual exercises evoking memories of the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake which killed 140,000 people in Tokyo and adjoining cities.

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