Large-scale earthquake drill held at 2020 Tokyo Olympic venues

TOKYO - A large-scale safety drill for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games was held at competition venues in Tokyo for the first time Thursday to prepare for a possible major earthquake during the event.Police officers, firefighters and Self-Defense Forces personnel joined the drill held by the Olympic organizing committee and the Tokyo metropolitan government at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre and other venues to ensure the safety of spectators in the event of a major temblor.The drill was based on the assumption that a quake with a maximum reading on Japan's 7-point intensity scale hits th…READ FULL ARTICLE