We’ve been putting out a lot of information on the page – so much so that it has become difficult to find what you are looking for. One indication of what people are looking for is the “Reach” statistics that Facebook provides. These statistics are only visible to editors of the page, but I’d like share some of them here in an effort to organize information according to size of the response.

  1. Places you can get food and goods!! (49.2K) April 16 at 3:44pm https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1019250848148347 Practical!

  2. We’ve just had a major earthquake focused on Kumamoto. (24.1K) April 14 at 9:32pm · https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/photos/a.129499733790134.25925.123734781033296/1018142468259185/ Not useful now. Only got a big response because it was the first word out.

  3. NHK has put an English video report about the earthquake on their web site (10.8K) April 15 at 1:20am · https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1018257384914360 Not useful now because NHK inexplicably took down the video. However, NHK has a few videos of interest that are available now: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20160418_37/ http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20160419_08/ http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/newsroomtokyo/aired/20160415.html http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20160419_15/ http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20160418171926977/ http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20160419_09/

  4. Information on how to donate for Kumamoto from overseas. (10.6K) April 17 at 10:59pm https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1020096654730433

  5. All public baths In Kumamoto are open for free (9.6K) April 17 at 2:51pm · https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1019889311417834

  6. BBC video report (8.9K) April 15 at 12:00am https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1018220221584743

  7. Kumamoto’s techtonics are dominated by the Futagawa fault (7.4) April 14 at 10:08pm https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1018156834924415 An informative post from co-editor, William

  8. Strongest earthquake since 2011 strikes Kumamoto area (6.3K) April 15 at 1:45am https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1018270614913037 Just a link to a Japan Times article that many clicked on.

  9. This is Mr. Yoshikawa (6.1K) 20 hrs ago (evening of April 18th) https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1020600994679999 A little article I wrote about a Mashiki man who is both a victim and a volunteer.

  10. The volunteer effort in Kumamoto City has been postponed (5.8K) April 15 at 11:45pm https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1018842178189214

  11. These are some of the photos of the Mashiki area I took today. (5.5K) 19 hrs ago (evening of April 18th) https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1020626951344070 Photos that I (Kirk) took of the damage in Mashiki.

  12. A video from NBC news (4.7K) April 16 at 11:07am https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1019147361492029 Includes a short section with yours truly (Kirk)