In a bid to improve emergency readiness with the local foreign community, Mori Building Co., a Tokyo real estate developer, held a disaster drill in Roppongi Hills Wednesday in coordination with neighboring embassies, an international school and volunteers from a disaster relief organization.
The drill marked the 23rd anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that hit Kobe and neighboring cities in Hyogo Prefecture, leaving over 6,000 dead and thousands more injured.
Although Mori Building conducts regular fire drills, Wednesday's drill was the first time The American School in Japan's Roppongi campus, which accommodates a center for early learning, participated in the event. Participants from the U.S., Australian and German embassies, as well as Mori Building employees, also attended.