Japan, morning.

Impossible to go to sleep when Japan is just waking up after the worst night in decades.

You know it's bad when a Japanese person tells you to take your shoes inside, says Matt Alt, author and translator.

Sendai, Miyagi, my home for the last two years is being flooded and destroyed.

We hope the reactor news will not get worse and we keep watching.
Joining in the marathon of madness, the spectacle of suffering -- wondering whether this 24 hour coverage is doing us any good.

And yet we keep on watching. For that's all we can, really, to feel close to those we love and hope they are okay.
Sorry for not being there for you, Japan.

Between endless heartbreaking coverages, we've seen Biccamera electronics store distributing free phone chargers. We've heard of free Suntory vending machines and free phone booths. The latter, I imagine, many Japanese used for the first time in their lives.

We've seen families, neighbors and strangers checking on each other.
We've seen the legendary Japanese organising skills in action and could only imagine how much worse would it be in a country without a life-time experience of earthquake drills.

We've seen Sora Aoi, nude model and adult movie star, advise foreigners.

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For foreigners in Japan- News on the quake on NHK Radio 963, in English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and French

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Sorry for not being there for you, Japan.

But you will be alright.