You can help support the Japan disaster-relief effort by donating to the Red Cross. You can donate here through the official Red Cross website, or here, through iTunes if that is a more familiar/comfortable URL and you have iTunes installed. This is what Japan is facing. Sigh. Deep bows of gratitude to all who are moved to help.
[NOTE: Donations to Japan's earthquake and tsunami victims can also be offered here, or here, or here, or here, or here, or here, or here. Lot of recipes, but it's the hot bread that counts. Please give. Domo arigato].