南海トラフ想定で総合訓練　国と地方、連携確認―防災の日

　「防災の日」の１日、政府は南海トラフ地震を想定した総合防災訓練を実施した。安倍晋三首相を本部長とする緊急災害対策本部を設置。徳島、高知、大分の３県とテレビ電話をつなぎ、連携を確認した。
　訓練は午前７時１０分ごろ、和歌山県南方沖を震源とするマグニチュード９．１の南海トラフ地震により静岡や愛知など１０県で震度７、大阪や広島など１１府県で震度６強を観測したと想定。本部会議には、徳島の飯泉嘉門知事、高知の浜田省司知事、大分の広瀬勝貞知事がオンラインで出席し、現地の被害状況を報告した。
　知事らは、避難所での新型コロナウイルス対策のための物資支援や、救助部隊の早期派遣などを政府に要請。安倍首相は「政府として災害応急対策に全力を尽くす」と応じた。
　政府はその後、臨時の閣議を開催し、災害への対処について基本的な方針を決定。その上で、安倍首相が記者会見し、国民に対し命を守る行動を取るよう呼び掛けた。（2020/09/01-10:17）

The Japanese government held on Tuesday, the country's Disaster Prevention Day, a comprehensive disaster drill on the assumption that a huge earthquake occurred at the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of central to southwestern Japan.
   In the drill, an emergency disaster response headquarters headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was established. The headquarters was connected to the western prefectures of Tokushima and Kochi and also to the southwestern prefecture of Oita by videoconference to confirm coordination.
   The drill was held assuming that a 9.1-magnitude earthquake took place with an epicenter off the southern coast of Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, at around 7:10 a.m. (10:10 p.m. Monday GMT). The quake hypothetically hit 10 prefectures, including Shizuoka and Aichi, both central Japan, with an intensity of 7, the highest reading on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, and 11 prefectures, including Osaka and Hiroshima, both western Japan, with an intensity of upper 6.
   Joining the disaster response headquarters' meeting online, Tokushima Governor Kamon Iizumi, Kochi Governor Seiji Hamada and Oita Governor Katsusada Hirose reported the extent of presumptive damage in their prefectures. The governors called on the central government to provide material support for implementing countermeasures against the novel coronavirus at evacuation shelters and swiftly dispatch rescue teams.
   Later in the drill, the government held a special cabinet meeting to decide the basic policy for dealing with the disaster. Abe then attended a press conference and called on the public to take action to protect their lives.