My two favorites:
maybe ping your lists??? Here is hoping more aid is getting in now.
Notice how life goes on in Japan. You aren’t seeing the 24/7 calls for help, food drives, blanket drives, etc. as we had with, oh as an example, Katrina..
That is because the Japanese largely do not believe in helping others in any sense of the picture that we would recognize here.
Stunningly, Japanese seem willing to let other Japanese suffer and continue their own lives unaffected by guilt.
It has always struck me as odd.
My church is collecting money for Japan.
There's a new article at the Asahi Shimbun: Temporary housing construction begins in quake-stricken areas
From the Nikkei: Tax Relief On The Table For Disaster Areas
And here's one from the Yomiuri; make sure to read both the first section and the second section which is titled "Japan Post offers rooms at inns": Prefab homes being built for evacuees. (The latter is something that I have been expecting to read about: large Japanese organization usually have all kinds of housing, from worker housing to resort properties for their employees, and I am glad to see that some of those numerous properties will be used in the relief efforts.)
Oil industry in full gear / Initial fuel pinch easing in Kanto, parts of Tohoku
Makers put rush on essential goods for disaster zones
From the Mainichi:
More oil on way to Tokyo, quake-hit areas as producers resume ops
Companies set to hire more fresh grads as economy shows signs of recovery
Tokyo stocks jump on easing market worries about nuke crisis
From the Nikkei:
The Nikkei picture collection, as updated daily
Control room power restored / Revived panel warns of high temperatures; pumps turn to fresh water
Lights go on to sighs of relief
From the Nikkei:
Toyota To Resume Prius Output, Honda Plans On Hold
Foreign Airlines To Resume Flights To And From Narita Airport
Whaling Ship To Transport Relief Supplies For Quake Victims
From the Mainichi:
Restoration work resumed at nuke plant, but 3 exposed to radiation
Fire brigade members in tsunami-ravaged town stood ground until the end
Iodine detected in Tokyo tap water no major cause for concern: expertsPhoto
Japanese fuel terminal reopens
From the Asahi:
Toyota to resume production of 3 hybrid models
From the Nikkei:
Popular Tokyo Hotel To Shelter Nuclear Evacuees Before Demolition (I am very surprised to hear that they are demolishing the Akasaka Prince, it's a nice hotel)
From the Yomiuri:
Social networking sites ease communication knots in disaster zones
Recovered items await their owners
Driven to help / Tanker trucks bring much-needed fuel to disaster areas
Graduations held at evacuation centers
Firms pool resources to aid quake victims
From the Mainichi:
Radiation-tainted Tokyo water no threat to pregnant women, fetuses: doctors
Quake-stricken areas can't accommodate surge in volunteers from across the country
1st-time volunteers hit ground running
From the Mainichi:
Radiation levels in Tokyo tap water return to normal range
U.S. barges to provide fresh water to troubled nuclear reactor
From the Asahi:
Doctors head to quake-hit areas to aid exhausted medics
Family members reunited after 4 days struggling to survive
From the Nikkei: