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.

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