Resources related to the 2011 Japan Crisis Last update: GMT
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On March 11 at 2:46pm JST a massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake occurred near the northeastern coast of Japan, creating extremely destructive tsunami waves which hit Japan just minutes after the earthquake, and triggering evacuations and warnings across the Pacific Ocean. The earthquake and tsunami have caused extensive and severe damage in Northeastern Japan, leaving thousands of people confirmed dead, injured or missing, and millions more affected by lack of electricity, water and transportation.
Make a donation
- Other organizations dedicated to helping.
- American Red Cross
- Mercy Corps
- WorldVision
Person Finder
Access Person Finder on your phone: http://goo.gl/sagas
Share or View Shelter Resident Lists through Picasa
Email photos of shelter resident lists to tohoku.anpi.google@picasaweb.com with the shelter’s name in the subject line.
Emailed photos will be uploaded to a photo album and scanned to be made searchable in Person Finder. View uploaded shelter resident lists at goo.gl/ganbare.
Missing persons phone lines (Japanese language)
Iwate: 0120-801-471
Miyagi: 022-221-2000
Fukushima: 0120-510-186 / 090-8424-4207 / 090-8424-4208
Emergency voicemail message board
171 + 1 + phone number to leave a message
171 + 2 + phone number to listen to a message
Disaster message boards
- NTT Docomo disaster message board
- KDDI/au disaster message board
- SoftBank disaster message board
- EMOBILE disaster message board
- WILLCOM disaster message board
Shelter information
Shelter
locations (Japanese language)
Emergency water and food distribution centers (user generated)
Local Resource Portal Map
(user generated)
Health information
Japanese-English speech translation
Download an experimental version of Google Translate for Android to translate speech to and from Japanese.
Alerts and status
Electric Power Companies (Japanese language)
- Tohoku-Electric Power
- Tokyo-Electric Power (TEPCO)
- Hokkaido-Electric Power
- Chubu-Electric Power
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Government Agencies
Japan Meteorological Agency Tsunami Warnings/Advisories
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet (Japanese language)U.S. State Dept. & Embassy Resources
U.S. citizens seeking information can go to the U.S. Department of State Travel site or call 1-888-407-4747 (toll free) or 1-202-501-4444. For U.S citizens in Japan seeking up to date information, go to the U.S. Embassy in Japan site.
Transit status
Trains, buses (Japanese language)
- JR East (Tohoku)
- Sendai City Transportation Bureau
- Abukuma Express
- Sendai Airport Transit
- Fukushima Transportation
- Ibaraki Kotsu
- Iwate Kenpoku Bus
- JR East (Kanto)
- Tokyo Metro
- Toei Subway
- Odakyu Electric Railway
- Keikyu
- Keisei Electric Railway
- Sagami Railway
- Seibu Railway
- Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
- Tokyu
- Tobu Railway
Flight status
- Japanese Air Transport Info (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
- American
- ANA
- Delta
- JAL
- United
Travel information by phone
For overseas visitors traveling in Japan, the Japan National Tourism Organization provides live 24 hour travel information by phone: 03-3201-3331
Maps and satellite imagery
Open map in new windowGoogle Earth files
Download post-event imagery of several affected areas in Japan
View these files in Google Earth