OREANDA-NEWS. August 31, 2011. Fujitsu today announced that, drawing on lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake, it will implement group-wide disaster response drills on September 1, 2011. Given the increasing risk in recent years of a major earthquake hitting the Tokyo metropolitan area, the drills are based upon a scenario in which the Tokyo metropolitan area suffers significant damage. The drills are designed to practice the initial actions to be taken by a contingency disaster response headquarters established in the Kansai region of Japan, should such circumstances occur, as well as those of group company offices affected by such as a disaster.

Based upon a review of its response to the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Fujitsu Group has created a disaster response plan with revised measures. The drills envision a scenario in which the Tokyo metropolitan area suffers significant damage, resulting in power outages and communications disruptions that prevent phone (including mobile phone) and e-mail (including mobile e-mail) communications between offices, and are designed to test the ability of the contingency disaster response headquarters in handing this situation. Using a system designed for sharing information on the safety of group employees and measuring the extent of damage to facilities and equipment, as well as a system for verifying the damage sustained by customers, Fujitsu will practice the quick establishment of an internal recovery organization. Furthermore, at the same time, Fujitsu will practice the process of providing customers with recovery support for their ICT systems by quickly mobilizing support personnel for customers throughout Japan.

These drills will promote a shared awareness of proper disaster response measures with respect to organizational coordination for the Fujitsu Group as a whole in the event of a disaster, while creating a strong organizational structure for disaster prevention and promoting enhanced business continuity capabilities.