with us now is "the new york times" tokyo bureau chief, motoko rich. thank you so much for being with us this morning. just to give us a sense, did you feel the shaking all the way in tokyo about 180 miles away? >> i did. it was really strong, actually. we were just hanging out in the living room, it was new year's day, and all of a sudden we could see the pictures were rattling in their frames on the walls and the whole room was swaying and a little alarm went off so i knew right away that it was very strong and turned the tv on to see where the epicenter was. >> what are people in japan hearing from the japanese government? >> like you said, they've downgraded the major tsunami warning which was in place for most of the afternoon and evening to just a warning and there are also advisories pretty much all the way up and down the west coast. but we are starting to get some reports of damage coming out of the epicenter and noto peninsula. it sounds like there are quite a few number of buildings that have collapsed and people trapped in the rubble. we do

at 4:00 on october 16, the enemy forces of the thirty- ninth motoko.formation about our intentions leaked to the germans? did they hit earlier? i don’t think so, andrey alesandovich. advancing on moscow, this is now hitler’s main goal, the enemy can carry out diversionary maneuvers and pull away our main forces. translation is on his side. elementary strategy. what if everything is more complicated? it’s a stone’s throw from tikhvin to volkhov if the germans unite with the finns, because the last thread connecting leningrad with the country will be severed, and we will find ourselves in a double ring, as you believe, comrade voronov, this is the worst of the options, especially since we are obliged to provide for it . how many times have you been burned by underestimating the enemy ? arbuzovo they took it, but no, they can’t do anything there without tanks, they lift it, push it a little, let’s go, well, doesn’t it hurt anymore? it became easier, only everything was in some kind of fog , why are you smiling, then in the forest, remember, when i saw you