In case you haven’t heard, Japan isn’t doing so well right now after being battered by the massive earthquake and ensuing disasters. Japan and the Japanese people are going to need a lot of help for the next few years, at least. They haven’t had so much to recover from since the end of WWII – while most countries never have an event like this to recover from.

You can do a lot to help, including buying watches from Japanese watch brands to help the country’s economy. While they aren’t the only Japanese watch brands, Seiko, Citizen, and Casio are all business that you’ll want to support right now – and it helps that they make really good watches. If you aren’t in the market for a new timepiece right now but still want to help , then there are a lot of good charities and organizations that you can donate to.

Having traveled to Japan a few times, my thoughts and earnest hope for speedy recovery goes to the people I know there along with their friends, family, and coworkers.