From safety confirmation to travel replanning, checking Japan's Meteorological Agency, consular channels, and transport operators in sequence is the fastest way to respond.
When the ground shakes mid-trip, the instinct is to scroll social media for eyewitness clips. What you actually need is the epicenter, the measured intensity, tsunami risk, and whether your train or flight is still running β information only official sources confirm. This list follows four steps: confirm safety, decide whether to evacuate, reach family or the consulate, and replan transport, pulling from Japan's own agencies, visitor-facing services, and Korean consular channels without overlap.
Don't refresh every link at once. If you're near the coast, start with the tsunami page; if you're heading to a station or airport, start with the transport operator's service status. The ranking here follows the order most travelers actually need to check.