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Magnitude: 9.1 (upgraded from 8.9, tying Aceh 2004)
Confirmed death toll to date: 11,620
Worst hit: the northeast: Miyagi, Iwate, Fukushima
Missing: 88,000 (3/12).
Internally displaced (evacuated): 500,000
Homeless: 350,000
Buildings damaged: 76,000 (incl. destroyed: 6,300)
Value of housing damage: 5 to trillion yen
Total economic damage: $310 billionDeath Toll Updates

Source: news wires.

Critical analysis

• 10 ways a Christian should respond [theologically] to the Japan earthquake

Chronology

• The UK Telegraph has a timeline of the disaster, from tsunami to nuclear crisis.
• Curated tweets & news on current events in Japan via New York Times

The Nuclear Crisis

• Nuclear crisis widens in Japan, Council on Foreign Relations.
• Japan’s triple crisis, Council on Foreign Relations with numerous links to in-depth “must read” analysis
• Workers strain to retake control after blast and fire at Japan plant, New York Times
• Radiation fears after Japan blast, BBC
• Spent fuel rods may have burned in blaze at nuclear plant, CNN
• Are Japan’s Neighbors At Risk?, TIME
• In Fuel-Cooling Pools, a Danger for the Longer Term, NYT
• VIDEO: Japan’s radiation risk explained, BBC
• Radiation rising and heading south in Japan, STRATFOR
• BBC Chief Science Advisor on assessment of radiation danger in Japan
• The Japan Syndrome, Economist

Internally Displaced & Challenges

• Millions in Japan freeze without electricity, heat, MSNBC
• Anxious foreigners flee Japan, Washington Post

Aid efforts

• How to Give to Japanese Recovery Efforts Without Getting Scammed [Charity], Lifehacker
• Japan Relief Workers: Smell of Fear Hangs Heavy in Air, Christian Post
• Int’l rescue teams ready for Japan quake relief, People’s Daily
• Nuclear threat is complicating Japan relief, IMB

Long-Term & Financial impact

• Wall Street to drop as Japan crisis worsens, MSNBC
• Japan quake, tsunami could hit global production, PhysOrg.com
• Japan to pay long-term price, Asia Times Online
• Fears of health risks rise amid Japan crisis, PhysOrg.com

International offers of aid

• S. Korea to support Japan’s energy needs after quake
• Aid offers after quake. See also UK Guardian article.

Video, Photography, Special Stories on the Situation

• VIDEO: Thousands left homeless in Japan, BBC
• Disasters wipe little Japanese fishing town off the map
• Before & After photos of Japan
• BBC footage of the moment the tsunami it
• Gizmodo: stunning first person video of the tsunami entering a city
• National Geographic with “20 unforgettable pictures”
• TIME/CNN video: Kesennuma, Japan – an amazing, awe-inspiring video of the tsunami wiping a city off the map.
• Japanese pastor shares his experience of the disaster and prays for a “tsunami of love” to sweep Japan.

Background Information

• How Nuclear Reactors Work and Fail, WSJ

Tech Companies Initiatives

• AT&T makes calling Japan free until the end of March (update: Verizon and Sprint, too)

Links to major relief organizations
CRASH. World Vision. Samaritan’s Purse. Baptist World Aid. Operation Blessing (with CRASH). Mercy Corps. GAIN USA. ADRA. Care Inc. World Help.