Camera equipment may be of little concern to those who lost family members, friends, homes, and possessions in the earthquakes and tsunami disaster in Japan. As far as I have read, Nikon did suffer the loss of at least one employee.
As manufacturing companies Canon, Nikon, Sony, and others report that they are working to resume their operations and provide the products to meet their consumers’ demands. They continue to provide a little bit of information about their plans for ongoing operation: