SDF builds pontoon bridge in quake-tsunami drill

SDF builds pontoon bridge in quake-tsunami drill

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces inspect a pontoon bridge they built across the Kitakami River in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, during a large-scale earthquake-tsunami disaster drill, named Michinoku Alert 2014, on Nov. 7, 2014.

SDF builds pontoon bridge in quake-tsunami drill

SDF builds pontoon bridge in quake-tsunami drill

SENDAI, Japan - Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces build a pontoon bridge across the Kitakami River in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, during a large-scale earthquake-tsunami disaster drill, named Michinoku Alert 2014, on Nov. 7, 2014.

Osprey takes part in disaster drill

Osprey takes part in disaster drill

SENDAI, Japan - A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft makes a landing at a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force airfield in northwestern city of Sendai on Nov. 7, 2014. The Osprey from the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa is to take part in a large-scale disaster drill called "Michinoku ALERT 2014" that simulates a severe earthquake in the northeastern Japan.

SDF builds pontoon bridge in quake-tsunami drill

SDF builds pontoon bridge in quake-tsunami drill

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces inspect a pontoon bridge they built across the Kitakami River in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, during a large-scale earthquake-tsunami disaster drill, named Michinoku Alert 2014, on Nov. 7, 2014. (Kyodo)

Osprey takes part in disaster drill

Osprey takes part in disaster drill

SENDAI, Japan - A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft makes a landing at a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force airfield in northwestern city of Sendai on Nov. 7, 2014. The Osprey from the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa is to take part in a large-scale disaster drill called "Michinoku ALERT 2014" that simulates a severe earthquake in the northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)