Japan carried out disaster preparedness drills on Friday, dealing with mock earthquakes and other threats just days after its emergency warning system was used for real during North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile over the country.Disaster Prevention Day falls each year on the anniversary of a magnitude-7.9 earthquake that hit Tokyo and the surrounding region in 1923, killing more than 105,000 people.The central government's exercise on Friday was based on the scenario of a magnitude-7.3 quake occurring directly under the capital.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called his entire Cabinet to …READ FULL ARTICLE
