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Are these non damaged buildings being opened for the homeless?
Are the kitchens in these building fixing food for the hungry?
Are the storage rooms being opened to distribute clothing to the freezing?
Well, at least the buildings are safe.

All the while Mission to the World (PCA) is on the ground delivering food and water. Samaritan’s Purse is loading a 747 full of food and emergency supplies. (Probably already enroute)

Both are caring for the physical needs of all who show up. LDS response? Well, sounds like an Amway response.

So what are you doing to help the people of Japan? Any people? Even members of your own faith whatever it is?

I don’t know the status of the Mormons’ efforts in Japan, but the following update was given 1 month after the Haiti quake:

“Latter-day Saint Charities has been providing relief to those who have been displaced, injured, or otherwise suffering from the effects of the January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti.

The organization has already provided over one million pounds (25 semi–trucks) of food, hygiene kits, water filtration bottles, water systems, and medical supplies such as medicine and wheelchairs. Two thousand seven hundred tents have been distributed to families forced to leave their homes. Supplies are being shipped by air from the U.S. and by truck from the Dominican Republic.

Nine LDS chapels located in and around Port-au-Prince have been opened as shelters to support local communities. Food and other relief supplies brought into Haiti are being used at these shelters to assist with basic needs. Approximately half of the people being helped at or in Church facilities are members of other faiths.

Latter-day Saint Charities has had medical teams on the ground since January 16. The physicians are tending to the wounded by performing surgeries, setting broken bones, and providing other medical attention as needed. Physician teams continue to treat children and families in clinics established at these nine facilities. Mental health professionals were sent to address pressing mental health issues resulting from the disaster.

Local members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continue to load and unload supply trucks. They are delivering foodstuffs and other medical supplies to those in need.

Latter-day Saint Charities, in order to provide relief assistance, has partnered with the following NGOs: CARE, Food for the Poor, International Relief and Development, American Red Cross, Islamic Relief, Helping Hands for Haiti, and the United Nations.”

Are these non damaged buildings being opened for the homeless? Are the kitchens in these building fixing food for the hungry? Are the storage rooms being opened to distribute clothing to the freezing? Well, at least the buildings are safe.

I don't know the current status of the Mormons' efforts in Japan, but the following update was given 1 month after the Haiti quake. A similar response took place after Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes which hit the Gulf Coast in recent years, as well as the 2004 Indonesian Tsunami and the 2006 earthquake. Based on their previous actions, it seems likely that the same kind of response to the Japan earthquake is taking place now.

"Latter-day Saint Charities has been providing relief to those who have been displaced, injured, or otherwise suffering from the effects of the January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti.

The organization has already provided over one million pounds (25 semi–trucks) of food, hygiene kits, water filtration bottles, water systems, and medical supplies such as medicine and wheelchairs. Two thousand seven hundred tents have been distributed to families forced to leave their homes. Supplies are being shipped by air from the U.S. and by truck from the Dominican Republic.

Nine LDS chapels located in and around Port-au-Prince have been opened as shelters to support local communities. Food and other relief supplies brought into Haiti are being used at these shelters to assist with basic needs. Approximately half of the people being helped at or in Church facilities are members of other faiths.

Latter-day Saint Charities has had medical teams on the ground since January 16. The physicians are tending to the wounded by performing surgeries, setting broken bones, and providing other medical attention as needed. Physician teams continue to treat children and families in clinics established at these nine facilities. Mental health professionals were sent to address pressing mental health issues resulting from the disaster.

Local members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continue to load and unload supply trucks. They are delivering foodstuffs and other medical supplies to those in need.

Latter-day Saint Charities, in order to provide relief assistance, has partnered with the following NGOs: CARE, Food for the Poor, International Relief and Development, American Red Cross, Islamic Relief, Helping Hands for Haiti, and the United Nations."

Are these non damaged buildings being opened for the homeless? Are the kitchens in these building fixing food for the hungry? Are the storage rooms being opened to distribute clothing to the freezing? Well, at least the buildings are safe.

Uh. "NO comment," says the Mormon church.

I just scanned this Monday article from the Deseret News: Needs, safety issues in question as Mormon church plans next steps in Japan for members, missionaries

No mention at all of Japanese general population. Only Lds missionaries. Only Lds members. At the end of the article it mentions neighborhood shelters. But instead of it being available to all, it says it's designated for Mormon missionaries: "Each neighborhood has an emergency center where ALL THE MISSIONARIES have been instructed to go in such an emergency. They provide safe shelter, water, and other basic needs," the secretary's report says.

ALL: If you live in Utah & a crisis hits, don't count upon Mormons to be "neighborly" with their stocked goods.