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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

SAITAMA, Japan, Sept. 1 Kyodo - Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years. (Kyodo)

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) inspects a cross-prefecture disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during the closing ceremony of a cross-prefecture disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

A cross-prefecture disaster drill is conducted at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security Mock Drill in Srinagar - India

Armed security forces participate in a mock drill in Srinagar, India-administered Jammu and Kashmir on June 25, 2025, as part of preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The drill involved joint efforts by the police, health department, disaster response forces, and other government agencies and was designed to ensure better coordination and readiness in case of any untoward incident during the Yatra. Photo by Numan Bhat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan-U.S. joint anti-disaster drill in Okinawa

Japanese firefighters and U.S. Navy personnel conduct a joint emergency drill at the U.S. White Beach Naval Facility in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Uruma, southern Japan, on Feb. 7, 2025, under the scenario of a Navy helicopter crashing outside the U.S. base, injuring many local residents.

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Japan-U.S. joint anti-disaster drill in Okinawa

Japanese firefighters and U.S. Navy personnel conduct a joint emergency drill at the U.S. White Beach Naval Facility in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Uruma, southern Japan, on Feb. 7, 2025, under the scenario of a Navy helicopter crashing outside the U.S. base, injuring many local residents.

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Japan-U.S. disaster drill

A Japan Coast Guard boat (front) is tasked with measuring radiation levels near the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan (back) during a Japan-U.S. joint disaster drill in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 15, 2023. The exercise simulates a powerful earthquake emanating from the prefecture's Miura Peninsula and a subsequent citywide power outage.

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Japan-U.S. disaster drill

U.S. naval personnel give first-aid treatment to mock patients with a triage tag during a Japan-U.S. joint disaster drill in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 15, 2023. The exercise simulates a powerful earthquake emanating from the prefecture's Miura Peninsula and a subsequent citywide power outage.

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Disaster medical assistance drill in central Japan

Disaster medical assistance team personnel from nine central Japan prefectures take part in a joint drill at Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital in Kofu, west of Tokyo, on Oct. 14, 2023, under the scenario of a massive earthquake and an eruption of Mt. Fuji.

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Japan-U.S. joint anti-disaster drill in Okinawa

Japanese firefighters and U.S. Marine Corps personnel conduct a joint anti-disaster drill at the Marines' Camp Hansen in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2023, under a scenario that a fire occurred outside the U.S. base following a Marines helicopter accident, leaving many local people injured.

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Japan-U.S. joint anti-disaster drill in Okinawa

Japanese firefighters and U.S. Marine Corps personnel conduct a joint anti-disaster drill at the Marines' Camp Hansen in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2023, under a scenario that a fire occurred outside the U.S. base following a Marines helicopter accident, leaving many local people injured.

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Japan-U.S. joint anti-disaster drill in Okinawa

Japanese firefighters and U.S. Marine Corps personnel conduct a joint anti-disaster drill at the Marines' Camp Hansen in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2023, under a scenario that a fire occurred outside the U.S. base following a Marines helicopter accident, leaving many local people injured.

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S. Korea, Japan, China hold joint disaster drill

BUSAN, South Korea - South Korean government staff conduct a disaster drill on Nov. 20, 2014, on the assumption of a nuclear power plant accident occurring near the southern port city of Busan in the first joint practice with Japan and China.

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Japan, China, S. Korea hold joint disaster drill

TOKYO, Japan - Japan, China and South Korea hold a joint drill to study disaster response at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on March 6, 2014.

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Japan-U.S. antidisaster drill

KOCHI, Japan - A disaster medical assistance team taking part in a joint antidisaster drill by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military on a vessel off Tosa, Kochi Prefecture in western Japan, on Feb. 7, 2014, checks procedures for treating patients.

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Nuclear disaster drill

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan and the United States hold a joint nuclear disaster drill at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Dec. 11, 2012.

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Disaster mitigation drill for Tokyo quake

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces and U.S. forces hold a joint disaster reduction drill at the Ground Self-Defense Force Eastern Army's Asaka garrison on July 19, 2012, in simulation of a major quake hitting the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Disaster mitigation drill for Tokyo quake

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces and U.S. forces hold a joint disaster reduction drill at the Ground Self-Defense Force Eastern Army's Asaka garrison on July 19, 2012, in simulation of a major quake hitting the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Aomori Pref.

MISAWA, Japan - Members of the Aomori prefectural police (R) try to assess the severity of injuries of U.S. soldiers during a joint disaster drill by local authorities and the U.S. military under the premise that a U.S. helicopter crashed and burned in Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 23, 2011. It was the first such exercise in Japan outside of Okinawa Prefecture which hosts the bulk of U.S. forces in Japan. Aomori Prefecture hosts Misawa Air Base.

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3 prefectures conduct joint Mt. Fuji eruption drill

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Kanagawa, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures on Jan. 18 held their first joint disaster drill for an eruption of Mt. Fuji. Ground Self-Defense Force members (in the photo), using power shovels and other heavy machines, build ditches and dikes to alter the flow of lava.

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Japan, U.S. hold 1st joint disaster-relief drill in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - An unidentified American man is rescued by Maritime Self-Defense Force men in the first Japan-U.S. joint disaster-relief drill conduced at the U.S. Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo on Nov. 9. The drill played out a scenario in which a large number of people are injured from an explosion and subsequent fire at a U.S. military base in Japan.

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Japan GSDF takes part in Philippine-U.S. joint combat drill as observer

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel take part in an anti-disaster drill being conducted as part of a "Kamandag" Philippine-U.S. joint military exercise in San Antonio, Zambales province, the Philippines, on Oct. 7, 2022.

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Disaster drill in Japan

Tokyo and other municipalities in the Tokyo metropolitan area conduct a joint disaster drill on Nov. 7, 2021, in Yokohama near Tokyo based on the scenario of a magnitude 8.1 earthquake originating in Sagami Bay in the Pacific mainly rocking the area.

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Disaster drill in Japan

Tokyo and other municipalities in the Tokyo metropolitan area conduct a joint disaster drill on Nov. 7, 2021, in Yokohama near Tokyo based on the scenario of a magnitude 8.1 earthquake originating in Sagami Bay in the Pacific mainly rocking the area.

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3 prefectures conduct joint Mt. Fuji eruption drill

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Kanagawa, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures on Jan. 18 held their first joint disaster drill for an eruption of Mt. Fuji. Ground Self-Defense Force members (in the photo), using power shovels and other heavy machines, build ditches and dikes to alter the flow of lava.

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3 southern Japan prefectures hold joint nuclear disaster drill

An official measures radiation levels on a vehicle in the southwestern Japanese city of Saga during a nuclear disaster drill on Nov. 28, 2015. Saga, Fukuoka and Nagasaki prefectures held the joint exercise to prepare for a possible severe accident at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in Genkai, Saga Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Joint nuclear disaster drill held in southwestern Japan

An official measures radiation levels on an evacuee from Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, during a nuclear disaster drill on Nov. 28, 2015, in Saga City. Saga, Fukuoka and Nagasaki prefectures held the joint exercise to prepare for a possible severe accident at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in Genkai, Saga Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Joint nuclear disaster drill held in southwestern Japan

Officials attend a teleconference in the Saga prefectural government office in southwestern Japan during a nuclear disaster drill on Nov. 28, 2015. Saga, Fukuoka and Nagasaki prefectures jointly held the exercise to prepare for a possible severe accident at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in Genkai, Saga Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coast guard, troops conduct joint disaster drill in northern Japan

Ground Self-Defense Force members arrive on boats at a fishing port in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, during a joint drill with the Japan Coast Guard on Nov. 6, 2015, for coordinating responses to natural disasters. It was the first time for the two sides to hold such a joint exercise in the northeastern Japan region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coast guard, troops hold joint drill for natural disaster in Japan

Ground Self-Defense Force members alight on the shore of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, as part of a joint drill with the Japan Coast Guard on Nov. 6, 2015. The first such drill in the northeastern Japan region was held on the assumption of local residents being cut off by a big earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drills held across Japan on Disaster Prevention Day

Medical personnel and others take part in a drill aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Izumo, docked at Tokyo port, during one of the joint drills held across Japan on Disaster Prevention Day on Sept. 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drills held across Japan on Disaster Prevention Day

Medical personnel take part in a drill aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Izumo, docked at Tokyo port, during one of the joint drills held across Japan on Disaster Prevention Day on Sept. 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-U.S. joint disaster drill in western Japan

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force hovercraft lands on a beach in the city of Kochi, Japan, on June 7, 2015, during a Japan-U.S. joint exercise on disaster prevention conducted on the assumption of a massive earthquake striking the area. The MV-22 Ospreys owned by the U.S. Forces Japan were not used in the drill. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo