9/2/2009

Tokyo elementary school children, wearing fire-proof dunce caps for a nationwide earthquake drill. These disaster drills are held every year around the the anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 to prepare for the next Big One.

Japan conducts quake drills on 1923 quake memorial day
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 Tokyo: An estimated 795,000 people from Tokyo and 30 other prefectures took part in annual anti-earthquake drills conducted by the central and local governments Tuesday, the 86th anniversary of the 1923 killer quake...more..