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Your support makes all the difference.More than half a million people took part in annual drills across Japan yesterday to prepare for disasters.
There was a greater sense of urgency this year, as it was the first drill since the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in March which killed 20,000.
The drills were based on a 7.3 magnitude earthquake striking Tokyo. More than 1,000 took part in exercises in Yoyogi Park, central Tokyo, while children practised getting under desks and donning fireproof hoods.
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