Have you noticed there seem to be almost no children and a great proportion of elderly people? I think this is probably due to low Japanese birth rate, plus this happened in north where presumably younger people have left for the big cities for employment etc...also working families might have had more resources to evacuate quickly when earthquake hit..I don't know. It is good that fewer children seem to be impacted..the children of Haiti have said they want to help them somehow but have nothing to give. mg