Tokyo Metropolitan Government exercise
070901 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Gen. Bruce Wright, United States Forces Japan commander, Shintaro Ishihara Tokyo Metropolitan Governor and Col. John Newell, 374th Airlift Wing commander, observe a Joint Disaster Management Exercise held by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on the Yokota Air Base flightline. In Japan, 1 September is established for Disaster Awareness (Readiness) Day as known as Bo-sai-no-hi after the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 this exercise helps prepare the Japanese citizens for future disasters. Yokota has participated in the TMG exercise since 2001.
(U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Laszlo Babocsi)