The state of Japan 3 months after the earthquake and tsunami

Many people continue to ask me how I am doing, but the more important question is how are the Japanese people doing?

While there are positive things happening, there is still an enormous need for various things. The recovery in Japan continues, but is slow going.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2005289/The-toxic-truth-Japans-harmony-tsunami.html

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110611002692.htm

While I feel that my life has just about returned to "normal" there are still daily reminders of the earthquake. Cracks in the roads and walls at school, old and damaged buildings being torn down, signs of "hang in there Japan", power saving initiatives including no air conditioning at school and continuing aftershocks. But, to me these things are nothing compared to what thousands of Japanese people in northeastern Japan are going through.

Another effect of the earthquake and tsunami is that Japan's already high suicide rate is increasing. As this article states, Japan's suicide rate remains one of the highest among developed nations. Please continue to pray for the Japanese people and recovery process!

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/06/08/japan.suicides/index.html