Parallel Tokyo— DAY1

Overview

An earthquake directly beneath the Tokyo metropolitan area is said to occur with a 70% probability within 30 years. Staged in a news center of a TV station where a huge amount of damage information and images are gathered.

Drama

Current EpisodeSeason 1 • Episode 1Aired: 2019-12-0232 min

1. DAY1

Mika Kuraishi (26), an announcer of NNJ TV, has been in the station for the fourth year. He is a sub-caster in charge of the sports corner of the night news program. At 4:04 pm on December 2, 2019, there was a major earthquake of magnitude 7.3 with the epicenter in Tokyo. As the main caster was involved in the earthquake, Mika volunteered for news editor-in-chief Eguchi to "use herself." Mika tells the unprecedented damage at the news center of the turmoil. The relay crew was caught in a fire and died, and while being overwhelmed by numerous damage images, he managed to finish the broadcast on the first day, but he lost contact with his sister.