New Embassy Personnel, Families Attend Disaster Drill in Tokyo

Philippine Embassy in Tokyo personnel and other foreigners who join the emergency drill are given red-color vests to identify them as non-Japanese speakers by the volunteers. (Tokyo PE photo)

TOKYO 25 September 2018 – Thirteen members of the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo comprising new personnel and their respective families who arrived in June 2018 joined 300 others in participating in the disaster drill exercise, based on a scenario of a massive earthquake and tsunami in a bid to improve preparedness for the natural disasters that often hit Japan, held at Chuo City in Tokyo.

The nationwide exercises are held every 01 September 2018 known as Disaster Prevention Day, which marks the anniversary of the magnitude 7.9 that devastated Tokyo and its vicinity in 1923.

The drill was led by police and fire department personnel of Chuo City who introduced to participants the scenarios and available services of temporary shelters in the city the moment an emergency occurs. END

Aurelio L. Exaltacion of the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo registers himself during the simulation exercises. (Tokyo PE photo)

A city hall official explains the services available in a temporary shelter during emergencies. (Tokyo PE photo)

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