Japanese students and educators at an event marking World Tsunami Awareness Day stressed the importance of preparing for disasters and urged people to think about and discuss what they should do in case such a catastrophe strikes.
At an event in the nation's capital on Saturday, junior high school students from Iwate and Kochi prefectures discussed how they planned to evacuate in the event of an impending tsunami.
The students and educators, including university professors and a former local official in charge of disaster prevention, all noted that each individual should place weight on saving his or her own life first and foremost to ensure the survival of as many people as possible.