JAPAN: 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORST EARTHQUAKE IS MARKED WITH DISASTER DRILLS AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
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JAPAN: 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORST EARTHQUAKE IS MARKED WITH DISASTER DRILLS AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
- Title: JAPAN: 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORST EARTHQUAKE IS MARKED WITH DISASTER DRILLS AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
- Date: 1st September 1998
- Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (RECENT) (RTV) 1. AV CENTRAL TOKYO (3 SHOTS) 0.18 MAKUHARI, JAPAN (SEPTEMBER 1, 1998)(RTV)) 2. SLV QUAKE DRILL WITH RESCUERS ABSEILING FROM HELICOPTER AND RESCUEES WAVING (3 SHOTS) 0.30 3. SLV SELF-DEFENCE FORCE RESCUING PEOPLE WITH HELICOPTER /WINCHING PEOPLE UP TO HELICOPTER (2 SHOTS) 0.40 4. HAS SELF-DEFENCE FORCE VEHICLE 0.44 5. SLV POLICE TRYING TO RESCUE PEOPLE FROM 'DESTROYED' HOUSES (10 SHOTS) 1.29 YOKOHAMA, JAPAN (ARCHIVE) (RTV) 6. SLV BLACK AND WHITE FOOTAGE OF AFTERMATH OF 1923 GREAT KANTO EARTHQUAKE (3 SHOTS) 1.42 7. SLV DEAD BODIES FLOATING IN RIVER (2 SHOTS) 1.49 TSUKUBA, JAPAN (RECENT) (RTV) 8. SLV VEHICLE ENTERING THE NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION ESTABLISHMENT/SCU SIGN ON WALL (2 SHOTS) 1.55 9. SCU TSUNEO KATAYAMA, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION, SAYING "BECAUSE SCIENTISTS, I MEAN SEISMOLOGISTS, ARE SAYING THAT EARTHQUAKES, NOT BIG ONES BUT A MODERATE SIZED EARTHQUAKE RIGHT BENEATH THE TOKYO AREA, IS IMMINENT. BUT HOW IMMINENT NOBODY KNOWS AND NOBODY CAN TELL. AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO REBUILD A CITY, ESPECIALLY IN A SO DENSELY BUILT CITY AS TOKYO. (ENGLISH) 2.26 MAKUHARI, JAPAN (SEPTEMBER 1, 1998)(RTV) 10. HAS QUAKE DRILL (2 SHOTS) 2.38 11. SLV YOUNG MEN EXTINGUISHING FIRE (2 SHOTS) 2.46 TOKYO, JAPAN (RECENT) (RTV) 12. SLV MAIN EARTHQUAKE WATCHING FACILITY AT METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY /CU SEISMIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT (3 SHOTS) 2.57 13. SCU MEGUMI MIZOUE, PROFESSOR MERITUS AT TOKYO UNIVERSITY AND PART OF A METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY GROUP WORKING TO IMPROVE EARTH QUAKE PREDICTION, SAYING "THE METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY IS WATCHING (QUAKE) 24 HOURS A DAY SO WHEN IT HAPPENS WE CAN MAKE SURE OF IT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO AVOID THE MISUNDERSTANDING, WE CANNOT PREDICT SEVERAL YEARS OR OR MONTHS EARLIER BEFORE THE QUAKE HAPPENS AS IF A FORTUNE-TELLER DOES. HOWEVER, ONCE THE SLIPPING OF PLATES STARTS, THINGS WILL CHANGE SO QUICKLY IF IT'S A REAL BIG QUAKE, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL IF IT'S THE START OF THE QUAKE HOPEFULLY A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE IT HAPPENS, BASEDON THE SCIENTIFIC MEASURES," (JAPANESE) 3.38 14. SLV EARTHQUAKE MONITORING ROOM AT METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY HEADQUARTERS 3.44 15. SCU MONITOR SHOWING AREA OF POSSIBLE KANTO QUAKE (2 SHOTS) 3.48 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 15th September 1998 13:00
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- Location: YOKOHAMA, TOKYO AND MAKUHARI, JAPAN
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- Country: Japan
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