TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida staged a televised disaster drill Friday based on a fictional earthquake in the capital region, as his country marked the centennial of the real-life ...

The film is set on September 1th, 1923 , when a huge earthquake hits Tokyo . The quake caused buildings to collapse, and the city was reduced to ashes by fire. The Great Kanto Earthquake killed more ...

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Kishida was to join a joint earthquake drill hosted by Sagamihara and joined by eight cities incluing Tokyo. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters that Sept. 1 this year represents ...

TOKYO — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida took part in a televised disaster drill Friday based on a hypothetical earthquake in the Tokyo region as Japan marked the centennial of the real-life 1923 Great ...