How to Find Loved Ones Affected by the Earthquake in Japan

The Consulate-General of Japan in Miami says there are an estimated 6,000 to 10,000 Japanese citizens in Florida, and in 2000 there were 13,977 people of Japanese descent living here.
The American Red Cross says the best way to contact or locate U.S. citizens living or traveling in Japan is to contact the U.S. Department of State, Office of Overseas Citizens Services, at 1-888-407-4747 or (202) 647-5225.
For inquiries about relatives living in Japan who are not U.S. citizens, encourage the members of your community to keep calling or to try contacting other family members who live in the region. Even though communication networks are overloaded right now, the situation may change and access to mobile networks and the Internet may improve.
If you have the mobile phone number of your family member in the affected areas, you can use the following services to check whether he/she has registered his/her message(s) on this service. Services are available in English and Japanese.

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