Japan conducts quake drills across the nation

Japan conducts quake drills across the nation

KAWASAKI, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso salutes during a closing ceremony for an annual anti-earthquake drill in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, on Sept. 1, the 86th anniversary of the 1923 killer quake. Sept. 1 is designated as National Disaster Prevention Day, the anniversary of the magnitude 7.9 Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 that devastated the Tokyo metropolitan area. (Kyodo)

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