George Takei on The Quake and Tsunami in Japan: Gaman

"At times like this, we are all Japanese"
-George Takei


Gregg Chadwick
Beauty and Sadness ( 美しさと哀しみと)
Utsukushisa to Kanashimi to
57"x103" oil and collage on Japanese screen


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NHK Live Stream from Japan with Updates on the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Crisis

Thoughts and Prayers With Japan

Buddha, Japanese National Museum, Tokyo


Gregg Chadwick
"A Balance of Shadows"

My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Japan.


Video from Shinjuku,Tokyo showing skyscrapers swaying with the force of the March 11, 2011 earthquake centered off of northeastern Japan. Buildings in Japan are engineered to meet extraordinarily high governmental standards to help prevent earthquake damage.
(Video by escot2008)





" Friday’s quake was centered off the coast of Honshu, the most populous of the Japanese islands, at a point about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo and a depth of about 17 miles below the earth’s surface.The quake occurred at 2:46 p.m. Tokyo time, and was so powerful that buildings in central Tokyo, designed to withstand major earthquakes, swayed."
-United States Geological Survey

globalgiving has set up a well organized webpage for donations at Japan Earthquake And Tsunami Relief Fund

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