Shizuoka and two other prefectures that host or are close to Mount Fuji conducted a disaster drill Sunday to prepare for a potential eruption of Japan's highest active volcano involving lava.

The aim of the drill, the first of its kind involving Shizuoka, Yamanashi and Kanagawa prefectures, was to confirm how they would cooperate and coordinate with the central government in such a situation and search for victims in the eruption's wake.

About 2,500 people from 26 municipalities in the prefectures were expected to participate, according to the Shizuoka Prefectural Government.