Opened in 1925, the University of Tokyo's Earthquake Research Institute is widely regarded as one of the best seismology centers in the world. Its staff of 200 includes specialists in a wide range of fields relating to earthquakes, from chemical volcanology and crustal deformation to structural geology and geomagnetism. Its six-story quakeproof building houses a seismological library and a radio telemetry system that links the institute with some of its 20 field seismographs. Despite quake-prone Japan's urgent need for seismological research, however, the institute has been at a standstill since the summer...
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