Does this week’s cover story about the 10th anniversary of the Japan tsunami feel random? The calendar certainly offers some justification, with the disaster occurring on March 11, 2011. But, in the end, what if you’re not really all that interested in the topic? Strictly speaking, why does it matter to someone living in Australia or Canada or the United States? This is the great challenge of the news. One thing happens in one place, then another thing happens in another place, and I’m living somewhere totally different, and I’m supposed to take … what from all this? Randomness seems baked in.