Tokyo police conduct drill for next year's G-8 summit

Tokyo police conduct drill for next year's G-8 summit

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo police conduct a drill in Tokyo on Nov. 30 to deal with explosives and nuclear, biological and chemical weapons ahead of the Group of Eight summit to be held next July at the Lake Toya hot-spa resort area in Hokkaido. Photo shows a remote-controlled robot collecting a suspicious object in front of a car.

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