Earthquake information resources

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We thought that it would be a good idea to have a thread that provides some important information to help people in this difficult time in northern Japan.

Many thanks to Rob for the idea early on and initial information.

 

This will be a closed thread - we want it to be just correct information that is easy to access rather than get lost in the main main discussion thread.

 

If you have any important additional information that you think will be a help to people, please do email us at editor@snowjapan.com or PM me and we will add it here.

 

Thank you and we wish all the very best for people caught up in all of this.

 

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It's important to emphasises that while this disaster is of course affecting a large region of the eastern coast of the Tohoku region of Honshu, the northern island of Hokkaido and also southern Japan are unaffected and have seen no damage.

 

 

Info in English from the Japanese government

http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/topics/2011/earthquake2011tohoku.html

 

 

 

Google stuff

Google has put together some useful resources:

http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html

 

 

 

Multi-language guide on how to protect yourself:

http://nip0.wordpress.com/english/

 

 

 

Information on volunteering (in Japanese):

http://www46.atwiki.jp/earthquakeinfo_en/

http://www.miyagi-sfk.net/

 

 

 

Charities:

 

Save the children: http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/

 

Japanese Red Cross (English): http://www.jrc.or.jp/english/index.html

 

GlobalGiving: http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/japan-earthquake-tsunami-relief/

 

 

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JNTO (Japan National Tourism Organization) information resources:

 

http://www.jnto.go.jp/eq/eng/

 

 

Feedback to us, which will eventually be put on the site to help others:

 

http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/409853/Tohoku_earthquake_tsunami_info.html