Students from the Tokyo Kioicho Campus participate in Kojimachi Police Station's Kojimachi Disaster Countermeasures Comprehensive Training

Participants choosing a safe route to evacuate

Student playing the role of injured person (center)

Disaster countermeasure competition between universities

Commemorative photo with all participants

The Kioicho University Festival Executive Committee, an official organization on the Tokyo Kioicho Campus, and 12 students Faculty of Media Studies participated in the Kojimachi Disaster Countermeasures Comprehensive Drill held on October 18th, sponsored by the Kojimachi Police Station (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo). did. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake that occurred in 1923, and an earthquake with a maximum seismic intensity of 7 (M7.3) occurred directly beneath the Tokyo metropolitan area.The Nippon Budokan (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo) is a temporary evacuation site for people unable to return home. The drill was conducted jointly by four universities, including our university, which have campuses in Chiyoda Ward, based on the assumption that the students would evacuate to the area.

Participants departed from Building 3 on the Tokyo Kioicho Campus just after 9:00. They chose a safe route and evacuated to the Nippon Budokan over a period of about 40 minutes, receiving instructions from a police officer who was leading the way based on footage from the air force's helicopter camera.

The students then received training in first aid and disaster prevention techniques. Faculty of Media Studies students learning about special makeup created realistic scars on the hands and feet of students playing the role of injured people, and the event also served as an opportunity to showcase what they had learned at university.
In addition, after receiving lectures on how to tie ropes and other topics from members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Disaster Countermeasures Division and the Tokyo Fire Department's Kojimachi Fire Department, students competed in a disaster countermeasure competition between universities, where they competed for the best time in a game format.

In preparation for an earthquake directly hitting the Tokyo metropolitan area, which is said to have a 70-80% chance of occurring within the next 30 years, we will continue to actively participate in community-wide drills and provide ongoing disaster prevention education.