Information Sources Regarding Japanese Earthquakes

People finder tools

• People finder from Google http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/
• Various people finder tools (Google, cell phone co’s) are available here: http://www.japansociety.org/news

Twitter/Blogs

• TimeOutTokyo
• FUKUSHIMA UPDATE: Tracking Japan’s Nuclear Crisis
• east306
• Hitomi Kamanaka’s Twitter (translation by east 306
• ☆*ﾟ ゜ﾟ*☆　Tertulia Japón 　☆*ﾟ ゜ﾟ*☆
• Japan – Fissures in the Planetary Apparatus

Media

• Japan’s NHK official Ustream site: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-gtv (Japanese language coverage)
• TBS TV: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tbstv
• Fuji TV live feed http://www.fujitv.co.jp/index.html
• The Asahi Shinbun is providing regular updates: http://www.facebook.com/AJW.Asahi
• JPquake – Journalist Wall of Shame: sensationalist, overly speculative, and just plain bad reporting that has gone on since the Tohoku quake in Japan on March 11
• ‘Disaster in Japan’ – Reader-Supported News articles about Japan Earthquake

Organizations and Business Corporations

• 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami, Information for foreigners living in Japan
• Japan Meteorological Agency http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/ (JMA English language site – JMA tracks seismic activity, not just weather)
• The Center for Geographic Analysis at Harvard University has just created a website that gathers and maps information from various news sources on the earthquake in Japan http://cegrp.cga.harvard.edu/japan/
• Japan Society of Boston – earthquake website: http://www.japansocietyboston.org/Earthquake
• Google Crisis Response http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
• MIT NSE Nuclear Information Hub: Information about the incident at the Fukushima Nuclear Plants in Japan
• The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• “The Earthquake in Japanese Energy Policy”
• FAQs: Japan nuclear concerns (World Health Organization)
• Earthquake Information | The Multilingual support center for the Touhoku Earthquake out at Pacific ocean
• Great East Japan Earthquake information related to the Deaf | Japanese Federation of the Deaf
• Nucler Safety Research Group: Resources on Fukushima, Three Mile, and Chernobyl
• The Committee For Nuclear Responsibility
• Skilled Veterans Corps at the Fukusima-Daiichi Nuclear Power
• World Nuclear News

Academic Institutions

• 2011 Japan Natural Disaster for Kids (“libguide designed for schoolteachers, parents, and librarians who want to help children understand natural disasters such as the one that happened in Japan in March 2011”)
• Multilingual Information for Disaster Victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake, by Center for Multilingual Multicultural Education and Research at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Donations, etc.

• Volunteering for the Tohoku Earthquake (Donation Tips)
• JOICFP
• International Volunteer Center of Yamagata
• World Vision, Japan
• Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation
• American Red Cross
• Peace Winds America
• How to Make Tohoku University Earthquake Disaster Relief Donations (International Remittance)

Governments

• U.S. Department of the Interior, Latest Earthquakes
• Information for Foreigners on 2011 Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication, Japan)
• Radiation Monitoring Data from Fukushima Area 04/04/2011 (slides by US Department of Energy) (any update will be available in the sidebar on the site)