donated €300,00 by buying a PS3

To everyone saying that Japan has not requested foreign aid... I guess that the US, Australia, NZ, SK, and Russia FORCED themselves onto helping Japan? They have all sent humanitary supplies/rescue teams to the country who are all actively participating in the effort to make this whole mess a bit better - because since the quake and up until now, it only got worse. This "Japan doesn't need anyone" attitude is factually wrong.

I actually searched for the countries that are involved in aid, but google gave me nothing but the first four, and Russia I got from a Russian news site. Sorry about that ;) Also, there are French nuclear experts involved as well.

And yeah, heads WILL roll. After this, I really doubt that the TEP will be covering up so much. We won't have a nuclear explosion if you listen to what the experts say, but sadly, there will always be quakes as long as Japan is seismically sensitive.

Yup... I feel really stupid now - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/japan-requests-british-help-over-earthquake-2240130.html

Hard to say, given that in the last decade or so, they're changing governments like I change clothes. All else. though, is very much spot on. I have faith in them, however. They're a survivor people.

Ah, that I get. Indeed, that is not something you usually see there.

I was going threw the post in this thread and I saw your post about importing games to help Japan.

If you want to buy games and also help Japan, get it from Play-Asia. They are donating part of the money they get from certain sales to the Red Cross for the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami Relief.

Here's the link for you and whoever else would be interested. I posted the link to one of the games that have a donation attached to it so people can see what the donation items look like (it will say  the amount of donation in the title of the item). 1/3 of the money from this game or $5 is going to the relief effort.

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-if9n-71-dh-49-en-84-j-70-3m5p.html

(Not everything they are selling will be tied to a donation. Check the title of the item to see how much will be donated.)

Yup, I already added it in the OP, albeit with less details that you've given me. I'll ordain a major update to this thread tomorrrow, gotta spark up the attention since the current state of affairs in Japan is nowhere near what you'd call "improving".

Thread updated with new ways to donate and with some videos, and in the spirit of the update, Ganbare, VGCHARTZ!

i stopped giving when i realized that the beggars were always the same people  and that they disapeared during vacation periods....

i extended that to global relief too.