Japan MPs’ disaster helmet drill sparks Twitter debate
Some Japanese lawmakers giggled this week during a drill to practice the use of disaster prevention helmets, at least one of which was put on backwards, prompting Twitter users to question if they were making light of a life-and-death matter. Video images broadcast on television and other media showed Finance Minister Taro Aso smiling after successfully donning one of the collapsible plastic helmets, and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi wore a broad grin. “You never know when disaster will strike,” Tadamori Oshima, the lower house speaker, said at the end of Tuesday’s session, wearing one of the white helmets with grey chinstraps that are reminiscent of traditional samurai headgear.
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