Japan disaster drills

Japan disaster drills

TOKYO, Japan - A Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter carrying Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda takes off from near the Diet compounds in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2012, as Japan held nationwide disaster drills.

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