首都直下想定で訓練　菅首相が初参加―埼玉

　首都圏の９都県市が合同で主催する防災訓練が１日、埼玉県川口市内で行われた。訓練は、東京湾北部を震源としたマグニチュード７．３の首都直下地震で、最大震度６強を観測したと想定。政府による現地調査訓練も連携して行われ、菅義偉首相が就任後、初めて参加した。
　菅首相は午前１０時２０分ごろ、ヘリコプターで会場に到着すると、避難所の運営訓練を視察。検温、消毒、チェックシート記入などの新型コロナウイルス対策を実際に体験した。また、自衛隊などによる救助訓練も視察した。訓練には、小此木八郎防災担当相らが同行した。
　菅首相は閉会式で、「災害に打ち勝つためには自助、共助、公助の組み合わせが重要」とした上で、「政府としても国民の生命、財産を守るため、対策に万全を期す」と話した。（2020/11/01-14:28）

Tokyo and eight prefectures near the Japanese capital and relevant cities conducted an annual joint disaster drill on Sunday in the city of Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture.
   The drill assumed a powerful earthquake occurring directly under the Tokyo metropolitan area. Specifically, it was held under the scenario that a 7.3-magnitude earthquake measuring up to upper 6, the second-largest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, happened below northern Tokyo Bay.
   The Japanese government's drill on fact-finding activities was held together, in which Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga took part.
   After arriving at the site of the drill by helicopter around 10:20 a.m. (1:20 a.m. GMT), Suga inspected participants practicing operating an evacuation center. He also experienced undergoing measures against the novel coronavirus, such as a body temperature check and disinfection, and inspected rescue training by Self-Defense Forces troops and others. Disaster management minister Hachiro Okonogi and other government officials accompanied the prime minister in the drill.
   "Combining self-help, mutual help and public help is important for overcoming disasters," Suga told a closing ceremony for the drills. "The government will take all possible measures to protect people's lives and assets," he added.