Yoshi,
May I call you Yoshi like your close friends do? I mean no disrespect.
Thank you for this expression of thanks and for telling us of events that we are not told of in any great detail. To receive first hand accounts of my country's military relief efforts in Japan makes me proud of our military and of my country.
People feel for any other people who have misfortune befall them as it is in our nature to have concern for others. It seems to me that politicians and political systems would have us be at odds with each other.
My prayers for all of Japan.
Tom