STAY ABREAST OF THE EARTHQUAKE SITUATION IN JAPAN >>>

An 8.9 earthquake triggered a huge tsunami with waves up to 30 feet high that hit the coast of Japan, with more than 400 deaths reported so far. Japan ordered a 1.6-mile evacuation around a nuclear power plant, but a massive fire was set off at an oil-refinery north of Tokyo. More than 30 aftershocks were reported, and additional tsunamis are expected throughout the Pacific Rim.

Locally, Click! Cable TV has issued a statement stating it will yank TV Japan ch. 393 off its premium service, making it available to all its subscribers. View Click!'s press release after the jump.

Due to the earthquake/ tsunami  in Japan, Click! Cable TV has received permission from TV Japan, ch. 393, to make the channel available to all Click! Cable customers, regardless of their level of service.  This channel is normally a premium service.

The channel is available to Click! Cable TV customers with a cable receiver on channel 393.  For those Click! customers with a digital TV, and without a cable receiver connected to it, a rescan of their TV channels will make it available on 106-393.

We anticipate it will be available for approximately one week.  The channel is featuring ongoing live coverage from Japan.

Update: Comcast has opened up TV Japan, too:

Comcast in Washington has opened up TV Japan for viewing by all Comcast digital TV customers. You might want to let readers & viewers know as this is a chance to see what people in Japan are seeing. Channel 245 for digital subscribers. Any updates on the service will be posted on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/WAComcast and website http://www.wacomcast.com. More information about TV Japan at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Japan