Thanks to all our fannish friends around the world for their messages of
sympathy and support and enquiries about our wellbeing. To our great regret,
Japan has suffered a severe tragedy due to the earthquake, but primarily due
to the tsunami that followed. The areas which have been effected are
primarily those in Tohoku, the Eastern coast of Honshu island some way North
of Tokyo (~150m/250km). Most of the Nippon 2007 committee folks in Japan live
in the Kanto region in and around Tokyo and are safe and well, albeit shocked
and saddened by the events and worried about friends and family based in the
region badly effected.