If the earthquake doesn't rattle at least 5.5 on the Richter scale, don't expect anyone to so much as put their coffee down, my Chief of Terror explained, with a glint in his eye and a typically warm smile on his face as he soaked up my instinctive eyebrow raise. The typhoon season concludes at the end of September, I was reliably informed, but, on average, there are nine more storms to ride out before the Japanese public can get some peace of mind from these turbulent weather cycles.
