We were saddened to learn about the powerful earthquake and following Tsunami that struck Japan on 11 March 2011. We have friends and customers in Japan as well as suppliers to whom our hobby is indebted. So we appeal for our friends to assist the people of Japan to recover from this disaster. Accordingly we are hosting information, though we are not collecting donations directly, for this effort. We invite you to make a donation but only to those organizations where the donations may do the most good, that is to organizations that can assure most of the money donated actually aids the intended beneficiaries. For advice about where and how to send money contact:

• American Red Cross National Headquarters
  Address: 2025 E Street N.W., Washington, DC 20006
  Telephone: 202-303-5279
  E-Mail: international@usa.redcross.org
  Direct link to aid Japan: American.redcross.org

• Japanese Red Cross National Headquarters
  Address: 1-1-3, Shiba Daimon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8521
  Telephone: +81-3-3438-1311
  E-Mail: kokusai@jrc.or.jp
  URL: www.jrc.or.jp

• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

  

  P.O. Box 372, CH-1211 Geneva 19, Switzerland
  Telephone: +41 22 730 42 22
  E-Mail through form at: http://www.ifrc.org/en/Contact-us/

The time and date in Tokyo, Japan are now: