TOKYO, Dec 19 — Tokyo 2020 organisers held an earthquake drill today at Ariake Gymnastics Centre, a newly built venue for next year’s Olympics, to test their readiness should a disaster strike during the Games. Organisers simulated their response should a magnitude 7.3 earthquake, centred in...
A disaster drill is held at Ariake Gymnastics Centre, a venue of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, in Tokyo, in this photo taken by Kyodo December 19, 2019. — Kyodo pic via Reuters
Although only 350 spectators took part in the drill, organisers were pleased with the cooperation between various agencies. “The police, fire fighters and Self Defence Forces joined the drill this time and I think we all communicated well.”
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