Hundreds, possibly thousands, dead.

Tens of thousands missing and homeless.

Possible nuclear power station leak.

And you are wondering about the supply of parts?????

Wouldn't have thought very much - the Japanese will be as keen as anyone to get going again. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see this disaster as the catalyst to a great boom in the Japanese economy - all that re-building to do & I'm sure the Japanese habit of being very conversative in their spending habits will alter somewhat after this.

AFAIK also, the main areas for production & shipping are fairly unaffected (given the nuclear plant problems don't escalate..).

From the rather 'PC' response from one poster - contrary to us all moping about & feeling sorry for them (which is of no practical help really) the best thing you could do to 'help' is to buy their products & be interested in the availabilty thereof!

Edited by woodbines on 13/03/2011 at 14:35

During my Merchant Navy days I used to visit all the Japanese Nuclear plants including Fukushima 1 and 2.The ship and crew were always treated with great respect and courtesy,so its very sad personaly to see the state Japan is in at the moment.

But knowing the Japanese as well as I do I am quite certain that they will pick themselves up and get the country back on its feet PDQ.