I'd love an update from SE on their estimate of time remaining. My guess is they don't wanna give another estimate and not meet that goal. I just hope everything turns out fine. Worst case scenario is us americans go to bed, and the JP finally have and update on their time.
No company on earth that plans on staying in business will ever reimburse you for planned downtime, and the one I work for will offer you the same offer as above to put your indignance in perspective.