"Tweet"-powered disaster drill

TOKYO, Japan - Women take part in a disaster mitigation drill in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012, using microblogging site Twitter for purposes such as finding shelters and locating the injured.

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2012/9/19 00:00:00

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2012 Kyodo News

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