On the heels of a year marked by natural disasters ¡ª and with thousands of foreign workers expected to enter the country over the next few years ¡ª the Tokyo Metropolitan Government hosted a disaster drill Wednesday in Setagaya Ward to prepare foreign residents for the worst-case scenario.
¡°Last year, we suffered from a series of major disasters, from earthquakes in northern Osaka and Hokkaido to the heavy rains and typhoons in western Japan,¡± said Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, who made opening remarks at the event. ¡°We are told that the possibility of an earthquake directly hitting Tokyo within the next 30 years is 70 percent. That means, in the future, we will face a major earthquake.¡±
¡°We have to prepare for the worst,¡± she added.
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