Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended a spring garden party with about 1,000 guests at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in the Moto-Akasaka district of Tokyo’s Minato Ward on May 11.
At a little past 2 p.m. on a recent day, pupils exited the Shinjuku Ward-run Yotsuya Elementary School in Tokyo under the hot sun, cheerfully saying goodbye to their peers and teachers.
About 20 people lined the stairs leading to a restaurant in a multitenant building in the Kichijoji district in Musashino, western Tokyo, at around midday on June 5.
A new megaquake scenario for Tokyo warns that more than 4.5 million people would be unable to return home in its aftermath, temporary shelters would quickly fill and residents of high-rise buildings would face particular challenges.