FYI, there is a segment running on NHK News (broadcast channel 18.2) today on the fate of the former Disaster Prevention Center in Minami-sanriku (that is were the mayor and 2 others clung to the top of the radio tower on the 4th floor and survived). There is a big movement now (gaining news) to maintain it as a memorial.
Also, Takeshi Kakegawa is sending us some copies of the DVD on the tsunami footage that we watched on the bus.