Kan at disaster drill

Kan at disaster drill

ITO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) speaks to reporters after attending a nationwide disaster drill in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.

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