Residents of The Tokyo Towers - a 58-storey condominium complex in Chuo-ku's Kachidoki bayside area - attended an information session on disaster preparedness held by the building's management committee in October. Following the Tohoku earthquake, the committee have been looking at revising their disaster manual.

Mr. Motose, who is in charge of disaster management in the committee, informed residents that they may be without electricity and elevators in the event of a major earthquake, and should prepared to have enough supplies to last a month.

Residents were also told of possible ways the building could be affected in an earthquake. 

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