Japan conducts major earthquake drills nationwide

Japan conducts major earthquake drills nationwide

CHIBA, Japan - An Air Self-Defense Force helicopter rescues people on the roof of a building in a large-scale earthquake drill in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 1. (Kyodo)

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