Searching for People　人探し

March 21, 2011 • 11:24 pm 0

YouTube Person Finder/ 消息情報チャンネル

YouTube Person Finder/ 消息情報チャンネル in collaboration with TBS Television, Japan.

Helps people search for loved one and friends by using video recordings of people in the shelters. Most of the videos are in Japanese, but there are English notes for those no-Japanese people who are looking for someone.

Filed under: Current Information, Emergency Contact Information, News Sources, Relief, Searching for People　人探し, Shelters, Videos, YouTube, Missing People, People Finder, Person Search, Shelters, Videos, YouTube

March 21, 2011 • 10:42 pm 0

YouTube Person Finder Hoping to Connect Japan Earthquake Victims

Filed under: Aid, Current Information, News Sources, Searching for People　人探し, YouTube, Help Sources, People Finder

March 21, 2011 • 12:52 am 0

Map and addresses of refugee shelters / evacuation centers

Google Crisis Response map of shelters & centers in Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures.

http://www.google.com/intl/ja/crisisresponse/japanquake2011_shelter.html

The table (in Japanese) contains addresses/telephone contact numbers and the numbers of people being sheltered.

Will link to English version when it becomes available.

Filed under: Current Information, Google, Regional Information, Relief, Searching for People　人探し, Shelter and Housing, Shelters, 2011, Address, Charity, Crisis Information, Help Sources, Housing, Japan, Kanto, Maps, People Finder, Shelter, Telephone, Tohoku, Tsunami

March 19, 2011 • 11:45 pm 0

Information from the Immigration Bureau Relating to the Tohoku Region Pacific Coast Earthquake

Useful information regarding immigration office opening times, emergency immigration issues and how to inquire about or confirm the departure of foreign nationals – this service may be very helpful to those trying to find missing persons.
http://www.moj.go.jp/nyuukokukanri/kouhou/nyuukokukanri01_00017.html

Filed under: Current Information, Emergency Contact Information, Information Gathering, Searching for People　人探し, 2011, Communications, Crisis Information, Earthquake, English Sources, Evacuation, Government, Help Sources, Immigration, Japan, People Finder, Tsunami

March 18, 2011 • 3:10 pm 0

Tokyo Volunteer Team

Natasha Selman on Facebook reports:

A team of Tokyo volunteers has obtained permission to travel to the disaster zone from next Friday (3/25). Please send donations of food, diapers, fuel, blankets, clothing, children’s toys, sweets, toilet rolls, chopsticks, paper plates, water, towels, futons, tents, cardboard boxes, plastic forks, charcoal, etc.

They also have space for ten volunteers wishing to help distribute supplies.

Garin Dart / Ikon Europubs KK
14-5 Daikyocho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo-to, 160-0015
(Tel: 03-6273-2229)

Filed under: Clothing　服, Current Information, Daily Living Goods, Donations, Monetary, Relief, Searching for People　人探し, Shelter and Housing, Volunteering, What You Can Do, Charity, Donating, Help Sources, Relief, Volunteering

March 18, 2011 • 6:11 am 0

Telephone / Cell phone / Mobile phone Emergency Message Boards

Emergency telephone message board services:

Landline / NTT East

Disaster Emergency Message Dial 171
http://www.ntt-east.co.jp/saigai_e/voice171/index.html

How to use the service pdf
http://www.ntt-east.co.jp/saigai_e/voice171/images/manual.pdf
Cell / Mobile Phone

If you have a cell phone in Japan, you can post messages via your cell phone provider.

Family and friends who know your cell phone company can check the cell phone company’s website below and type in your phone number to see any message you have left.

The available areas are Aomori, Miyagi, Yamagata and Fukushima prefectures.

Filed under: Communications, Emergency Contact Information, Searching for People　人探し, Telephone Service, 2011, Cell phone, Cellphone, Communications, Crisis Information, Japan, Message board, Mobile phone, NTT, People Finder, Telephone, Telephones