This came off CNN World.... The URL is long.... 
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-12/world/japan.earthquake.tsunami.earth_1_tsunami-usgs-geophysicist-quake?_s=PM:WORLDQuake moved Japan coast 8 feet, shifted Earth's axis
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 Share this on:Mixx Facebook Twitter Digg delicious reddit MySpace StumbleUpon LinkedIn March 12, 2011|By Kevin Voigt, CNN
The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis.
"At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (8 feet), and we have seen a map from GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in Japan showing the pattern of shift over a large area is consistent with about that much shift of the land mass," said Kenneth Hudnut, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

http://www.livescience.com/13187-japan-earthquake-tsunami-science-faq.html - This one has a better description of what happened with the shifting land....