Strategerist, thanks for posting this.
Ronin stay safe and prayers sent up for the safety of you, your friends, family and co-workers.
My family and I were shopping at Costco in Kanazawa (just south of Yokohama) when the quake hit. Because the building is reinforced well with concrete, we didn't notice much other than the lights swaying back-and-forth. When we got home though several pictures on the wall were cockeyed and others on bookshelves were overturned.
Re: the recent rash of typhoons has set a record for the year and there is little relief in sight. Typhoon Tokage just ripped through this past Wednesday night and Typhoon Nock-Ten is projected to slam Taiwan and Okinawa in a few days. Sheesh!
A good link that we rely upon here for typhoon info is here: http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc.html
Cheers from the Far East.