Soon, the Tokyo police contacted various media and announced the training exercise on television.

TV channels, including NHK, which had just been broadcasting a variety show, suddenly cut off the feed and switched to a news anchor announcing, "Here is the latest news bulletin. At 2235 hours, Tokyo's police forces conducted a counter-terrorism training exercise, aimed at drilling the units' ability to respond to a scenario of retaking Tokyo Dome from hostile forces.

"No officer participating in said exercise was informed that it was just a drill, and the special forces' ability to respond to sudden threats had been thus demonstrated with flying colors. The training exercise is now complete, and all officers have left Tokyo Dome in an orderly manner. When approached for a statement, the Tokyo Commissioner commended all involved officers with high praise while urging citizens who were previously misled to remain calm."

The announcement was also broadcast in different languages for over