Who is the main force of earthquake relief in Japan?

Google, a search engine, has created a page to help the Japanese people find relatives and friends who may be trapped in a tsunami. The tracing service is available for people to post missing notices or provide clues, and currently offers two versions in English and Japanese. Google has also created an online crisis response center to provide earthquake maps, latest news, alerts center links, disaster bulletin boards and other information.

Weibo and social networking sites, the main internet and mobile Internet cluster, are becoming important "lifelines" in Japan's great earthquake.

The country's mobile communications network was congested after a 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Japan. Japanese operators are beginning to limit voice calls. The NTT DoCoMo Limited 80% of the network's voice calls, and SoftBank and AU networks also encountered difficulties in voice and text messaging.

As the basic structure of the Internet has been very resilient, the Japanese internet has not been paralysed, and many Japanese netizens have posted the latest status and environment on SNS websites such as Facebook and Japan.

In fact, Twitter, Facebook and the Japanese social networking site Mixi become the main tools for people to connect with each other. A reporter in Tokyo said: "I saw many people on the street with a mobile phone, but still in front of the pay public telephone queue." Facebook and Skype proved to be the best way to keep in touch. Reporters at the scene said that in the worst-affected areas, there were many people who knew about the details on mobile television because ordinary TV services had been interrupted. ”

At the same time, some Japanese government agencies have also issued an initiative on the SNS website, "Please try to avoid calls outside the emergency call." 110, 119 are now overwhelmed. To ensure the safety of your family, please release the disaster scene in writing to Mixi and Twitter and Facebook. ”

One hour after a strong earthquake in Japan, internet Social Media, an agency that tracks social media services, reported that Twitter had delivered 1200 messages per minute. And for most of today, about eight or nine of news on Twitter is linked to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

In addition, those who participate in the rescue work are also logged on to Twitter, for those who do not speak Japanese to release from the "Emergency phone line" to "tsunami warning", train travel changes, as well as the homeless to provide shelter assistance and other information.

Users of Fudao, a city in northeastern Honshu, Japan, posted news of damaged local buildings and damaged infrastructure through Twitter. As Tokyo's trains were forced to stop moving, some users continued to live and walk home with other passengers, saying people remained surprisingly calm and orderly.

At present, a large number of users in Japan and around the world also contact friends and family through Facebook social networking sites. Social networks like Twitter and social networking sites like Facebook can always play their biggest role in a major event. These web services are almost an alternative way for everyone to deliver information. With these network services, users can contact more than one person.

On Facebook, users not only post messages for Japanese prayers, but also tell their friends and family about their location and status through updates. Social networks support people who help and rescue people who are in distress in a disaster. The powerful power of social networking tools makes people intimately connected to people in unprecedented proportions.

At the same time, a large number of users also began to log on to the video site Ustream, through the video content to learn about NHK's earthquake rolling news.

In addition, Japan's NTT, KDDI and SoftBank three big mobile phone giants have opened the "Earthquake Rumors board" free services, the purpose of the mobile phone can not be connected to use this means of communication.

Google, a search engine, has created a page to help the Japanese people find relatives and friends who may be trapped in a tsunami. The tracing service is available for people to post missing notices or provide clues, and currently offers two versions in English and Japanese. Google has also created an online crisis response center to provide earthquake maps, latest news, alerts center links, disaster bulletin boards and other information.

Since the cable between China and Japan has not been completely disrupted, internet sites such as Yahoo Japan, Japan's largest telecommunications operator, NTT DoCoMo Company's official website, are still accessible. China, Korea and the United States new submarine cable has been completed since 2008 to avoid the laying of Japan, but also made the Japanese earthquake on the Chinese export of international communications, has not had much impact.

As a result, Sina, Sohu and Tencent Weibo have also become the best way to communicate with Chinese compatriots in Japan and at home. Sina Weibo's official data show that within 4 hours of the quake, Sina Weibo posted nearly 4.5 million Japanese quake-related tweets, including 300,000 users in Japan.

Sina Weibo users from Japan posted more than 10 times times the usual, in Japan's Chinese compatriots through Sina Weibo for help, safety, the earthquake on the live, domestic netizens also through the micro-blogging platform to pray for blessings, to the people in difficult to pass strong faith.