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List of Organizations Providing Services Pertinent to Resilience and Sustainability in the Great Lakes  [Currently Doing a Test with Japan Resources as a Test]

Citizen Action Team's Relief Database

(click on the link below, and scroll to the bottom- highlighted in yellow - "State" = "JP")

http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/categories/show/33 

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Japan Atomic Industrial Forum

http://www.jaif.or.jp/english/index.php 

 

 

 

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Arms Control Wonk - Blogs on Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

http://armscontrolwonk.com/ 

 

 

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/tatsujiro-suzuki/daily-update-japan 

 

 

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Crisis Commons

http://crisiscommons.org/

 

 

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Digital Globe - Sample Imagery

http://www.digitalglobe.com/index.php/27/Sample+Imagery+Gallery

 

 

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Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System

The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System provides near real-time alerts about natural disasters around the world and tools to facilitate response coordination, including media monitoring, map catalogues and Virtual On-Site Operations Coordination Centre.

 

 

http://www.gdacs.org/

 

 

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ESRI . Disaster Response and Assistance

http://www.esri.com

 

 

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Humanitarian Relief News Asia

NATURAL DISASTER Japan: Earthquake and Tsunami - Mar 2011
Updates on Japan affected by the Japan: Earthquake and Tsunami - Mar 2011 emergency. GLIDE No. EQ-2011-000028-JPN

 

 

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc108?OpenForm&emid=EQ-2011-000028-JPN&rc=3/

 

 

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IRIN - Humanitarian News and Analysis

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92182

 

 

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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

http://ochaonline.un.org/

 

 

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USAID

http://www.usaid.gov/

 

 

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Center for International Disaster Information

http://www.cidi.org/component/cidiincidents/details/16747

 

 

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USGS

http://www.usgs.gov/

 

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/

 

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/

 

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/doc_help.php

 

CLICK HERE - Earthquake Map / List

 

 

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UN SPIDER SpaceAid Mapping Resources

space-based information for earthquake in Japan and tsunami in Pacific Region

 

 

http://www.un-spider.org/japan-pacific#EmergencyMapping/

 

 

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Earthquake specific update

• Japan Meterological Agency - Recent Earthquakes (Live information on recent quakes in Japan)
• Details of Earthquake - Including shaking intensity in major towns (PDF)
• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism listing of disaster information (Japanese) | (Google Translatee English)
• Japan Road Traffic Information Center - you can find the latest road traffic update of highway (Japanese) | (Google Translate English)
• JR East - the train service update - you can see lines out of service due to disaster
• Earthquake/transportation status - Japanese
• Coast Guard Headquarter - there information is dated. hope they update in a few days.
• Last updated by _______ Please fill in the last line with your name and Skypeid(username)so we can collaborate in our Skype Chat Room - Skype Chat Room Guidelines and Skype Tips
• USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

  Tsunami Specific Updates

• Tsunami estimated arrival times and heights
• Maps of tsunami watch/warnings
• NOAA Center for Tsunami Research

 Volcano Specific Updates

• Tokyo VAAC - Tokyo Volcanic Ash Advisories - Japan Meteoroligal Center Updated: 15:00 UTC 13 Mar 2011

 Honshu Information Streams

Please include new links on the main page (linked in title of this section, the line above this one)

 

 

• See Honshu Information Streams Page
• Sites Aggregating Info
• Official Information
• Weather Information
• Live Feeds
• Honshu Twitter
• Other News Sources

 Public Safety

 Nuclear Power Station and Radiation Information

• • US Center for Disease Control Radiation Fact Sheet
  • World Nuclear News News Updates
  • ANS Nuclear Cafe Media updates on nuclear power stations in Japan
  • Iaea International Atomic Energy Agency - Japan Earthquake Update (14 March 2011 01:30 CET)
  • Scientific American Nuclear Experts Explain Worst-Case Scenario at Fukushima Power Plant- Article March 12th 2011
  • NY Times Radioactive Releases Could Last Months Experts Say - Article March 12th 2011

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Meal Supply & Evacuation places

Google Maps: maps.google.co.jp
(Short link) http://ow.ly/4dlMa

 

 

・Miyagi Prefecture：http://ow.ly/4dmEm
・Fukushima Prefecture：http://ow.ly/4dmBb
・Ibaraki Prefecture：http://ow.ly/4dmBu
・Tochigi Prefecture：http://ow.ly/4dmCk
・Aomori Prefecture：http://ow.ly/4dutZ
・Iwate Prefecture：http://ow.ly/4duvd
・Yamagata Prefecture：http://ow.ly/4dEra

 

 

 

 

 

Emergency Water and Food Distribution

・For Mobile：http://genokita.sakura.ne.jp/googlemymaps/mymap.php
(Short link) http://bit.ly/hzoOaa
・Text Only：http://reader.bz/feed/87/
(Short link) http://goo.gl/hf8ZO

 

 

Emergency Water and Food Distribution on Google Doc

・ English & Japanese
(Short link) http://ow.ly/4dlMg
・For Mobile：http://u-pyon.com/m/

 

 

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Radio and News

・Official NHK WORLD Web
Real time news and Latest earthquake information.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
(Short link) http://bit.ly/fxudK2
・Official NHK WORLD TV on Ustream 
English language 24-hour international news and information channel.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv?lang=ja_JP
(Short link) http://bit.ly/hQFSSe
・Official NHK WORLD Twitter Account
@nhk_asianvoices 

 

 

List Of Embassies

http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/protocol/index.html

 

 

(Short link) http://ow.ly/4dFjd

 

 

How to

・Earthquake survival know-how(reb2) on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/notes/nobu-kusakabe/earthquake-survival-know-hows/10150104013856850

 

 

Prime Minister Of Japan and His Cabinet (English or Japanese)

http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html

 

 

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html

 

 

World Health Organization - Japan Earthquake & Tsunami (includes Situation Reports)

http://www.wpro.who.int/sites/eha/disasters/2011/jpn_earthquake/list.htm

 

 

ReliefWeb Updates

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc108?OpenForm&emid=EQ-2011-000028-JPN&rc=3

 

 

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance

 

 

http://www.coe-dmha.org/

 

 

Center for Excellence - Updates - U. S. Military Functions - 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

 

 

http://www.coe-dmha.org/Research/ResearchInfoMgmt/JapanEarthquakeTsunami2011.aspx 

 

 

Brookings Institution

http://www.brookings.edu/

 

 

Council on Foreign Relations

http://www.cfr.org/

 

 

The World Bank

http://www.worldbank.org/ 

 

 

Wiki OpenStreetMap Summary of Resources

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsunami#OpenStreetMap_Japan_Resources 

 

Subject: Re: National Systems Science Consortium Meeting Today at 4 PM: Report on Communication Gaps in Japan's Impact Zones