Some 1,900 people took part Monday in a terrorism-response drill at Tokyo Sky Tree based on the assumption that a toxic liquid like sarin was released on the 350-meter-high main observation deck.
Held about three weeks before the tower’s May 22 opening, the first disaster drill to take place at such a high elevation was carried out jointly by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Sumida Ward.
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