8.9 earthquake hits Japan
Who is responding to this catastrophe?  Is it the defense forces, state police, or is it just international agencies?  I imagine a comprehensive aerial survey happening _immediately_, helicopters showing up with emergency supplies and defense troops or police within hours, and so on, but the government has produced ridiculously inaccurate casualty numbers and has blamed lack of contact with the affected area for their ignorance.  It makes me think nobody is actually there.  Can somebody fill us in on what is being done to help the people who are there?