Under Article 25 of Japan’s Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act, the national headquarters for an extraordinary disaster can set up a hijō saigai genchi taisaku honbu, an on-site headquarters. It works inside the affected area and carries out part of the national headquarters’ work there.
The Noto Peninsula earthquake struck on January 1, 2024. At 11:22 p.m. that day, the government set up an on-site headquarters inside the Ishikawa prefectural government building, headed by a senior vice-minister of the Cabinet Office.