I highly doubt there is any panic in Tokyo nor do I think Tokyo is in a frenzy whatsoever. You may ask for proof. I'm living in Tokyo and have been for well over 5 years now. I am heading to work 5 days a week as any other person and I have been to the stores nearly daily. I can tell you that Tokyo is far from any sort of panic your post implies. Sure some of the foreigners are panicking but that's different. If you head into any shop people are still orderly. Panic buying runs? Sure, you can say panic but it really isn't. It's just people lining up to buy whatever is left. It's now fine with only specific items out of stock such as water, juice, and milk. Thankfully they are restocked daily or even more often. No one is racing to get out of the city and it isn't a ghost town either (although you didn't say that
). Sure a lot of women and children have left Tokyo but most of the children who have been "evacuated" haven't even entered school yet. Yes, people are possibly in fear but I'd say most of it is just worry.
Japan is slowly recovering and getting back to normal. The people are pretty much back to work and trying to take care of their companies. PD did a great job and I would bet that they took just one week off before getting back to work. The only people I can imagine who still have time off are those with factories outside of Tokyo and the only reason they have time off is due to the lack of work to do.
