Why is there no looting in Japan?

[Chogy]

The Sichuan earthquake in 2008 had claimed the lives of 300,000 innocent civilians including 100,000 children. However Western aid and media coverage were very limited

Are you sure of those numbers? Chinese sources apparently list 70,000 fatalities. Regardless, it is a terrible tragedy and loss of life. But you cannot blame "Western Media" for coverage lapse when their ability to access and record is restricted. From the Western perspective (not saying it's reality), China doesn't like such images shown, and also wants to show the world that it can, as a Nation, take care of its own. Which is commendable.

And whoever said that Westerners "celebrate" such things is an idiot, and I don't use that word lightly.

I fully agree that polite does not equal friendly. The two are very different. Polite is good, but when there are genuine friendly feelings, manners naturally follow, and I (as a guest) would prefer that!

 

[cross1993]

Are you sure of those numbers? Chinese sources apparently list 70,000 fatalities. Regardless, it is a terrible tragedy and loss of life. But you cannot blame "Western Media" for coverage lapse when their ability to access and record is restricted. From the Western perspective (not saying it's reality), China doesn't like such images shown, and also wants to show the world that it can, as a Nation, take care of its own. Which is commendable.

And whoever said that Westerners "celebrate" such things is an idiot, and I don't use that word lightly.

I fully agree that polite does not equal friendly. The two are very different. Polite is good, but when there are genuine friendly feelings, manners naturally follow, and I (as a guest) would prefer that!

Wenchuan Earthquake, The total list of victims has been published on the web.
I'm not sure that is no missing list. But, if the number of missing too many, it is impossible to hide.

Consider this, each of the victims has relatives and friends... If they find that their friends do not in the victims-list, what will happen? Each of victims has Insurance compensation and Government benefits, the list can not be false.
China has so many reporters. Each country has some reporter in China, Do you heard such news ?

 

[Machoman]

because they are japanese not pakistani......lol

 

[Hafizzz]

Why is there no looting in Japan? – Telegraph Blogs

The landscape of parts of Japan looks like the aftermath of World War Two; no industrialised country since then has suffered such a death toll. The one tiny, tiny consolation is the extent to which it shows how humanity can rally round in times of adversity, with heroic British rescue teams joining colleagues from the US and elsewhere to fly out.

And solidarity seems especially strong in Japan itself. Perhaps even more impressive than Japan’s technological power is its social strength, with supermarkets cutting prices and vending machine owners giving out free drinks as people work together to survive. Most noticeably of all, there has been no looting, and I’m not the only one curious about this.

This is quite unusual among human cultures, and it’s unlikely it would be the case in Britain. During the 2007 floods in the West Country abandoned cars were broken into and free packs of bottled water were stolen. There was looting in Chile after the earthquake last year – so much so that troops were sent in; in New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina saw looting on a shocking scale.

Why do some cultures react to disaster by reverting to everyone for himself, but others – especially the Japanese – display altruism even in adversity?

There was nothing left to loot when the Sea swallowed everything.

 

[Zeeshan360]

There was nothing left to loot when the Sea swallowed everything.

Really man *Facepalm*

 

[Vinod2070]

From washingtonpost.com :

Even so, Japan, a country of paradoxes, seems to be handling its greatest crisis since World War II with decorum, fighting chaos with order. A ferryboat is sitting atop a house in the tsu¬nami-ravaged town of Otsuchi, but at shelters nationwide, shoes are neatly removed at the entrance and the trash is sorted by recycling type.

There has been virtually no evidence of looting or rising crime levels, and the Japanese have shown stoicism while waiting in long lines. Also on display have been Japan’s unrelenting politeness and its love for group consensus. Twitter users told stories about the stranded and the homeless sharing rice balls. Travelers heading north reported 10-hour car rides — with no honking. At a convenience store in one battered coastal prefecture, a store manager used a private electric generator. When it stopped working and the cash register no longer opened, customers waiting in line returned their items to the shelves.

Even at Tokyo’s Kokubunji Station, with most train lines down, morning commuters waited hours just to board their trains. Lines reached out of the station, over crosswalks and along the streets for several hundred yards. Railway employees wearing suits and white masks directed commuters into lines — east going this way; west going that way.

Hats off to the Japanese for their stoicism. My respect for them has increased many fold after this bravery and stoicism displayed by them.

We can all learn from them.

 

[Bigoren]

Japanese means Education, hard work, and cooperation.

LOL,excluding that japanese also means AV to most of us.

 

[huzihaidao12]

This is an error message, there have been robberies in Japan.

 

[nightcrawler]

...& when we had faced a similar disaster in our northern areas we heard reports of people smuggling kids & women ears hands being cutoff for ornaments ...
So much for being Muslim & more still Islamic Republic

 

[ChinaToday]

Firstly there aint anything left to loot all wipe out
secondly looting mainly occure in riots or proctects
thirdly and most importantly majority of japanese are living comfortably.
many of you argued there s no looting cause japanese are civilised nation WRONG. human nature will tell you that if you are hungry you gonna hunt for food and if you cannt find food you will do anything or will eat anything in order to survive disregard of wether you are coming from a civiles or not civilised nation

 

[Hafizzz]

Firstly there aint anything left to loot all wipe out
secondly looting mainly occure in riots or proctects
thirdly and most importantly majority of japanese are living comfortably.
many of you argued there s no looting cause japanese are civilised nation WRONG. human nature will tell you that if you are hungry you gonna hunt for food and if you cannt find food you will do anything or will eat anything in order to survive disregard of wether you are coming from a civiles or not civilised nation

Even if there were stuff to loot, Japanese would not do so because of the nuclear radiation leak in the atmosphere.

 

[Mutee]

I heard there were some looting going on in some ares !!!!!!

 

[madooxno9]

Police warn of bogus e-mails, phone calls seeking earthquake donations
Thursday 17th March, 09:32 AM JST

Police and the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan said Thursday that bogus e-mails and telephone calls from groups claiming to be collecting donations for earthquake victims have been occurring across the country following the catastrophic series of earthquakes and the tsunami which struck the Tohoku region on March 11.

According to Yahoo! Japan, there have been several confirmed scam e-mails since March 13 claiming to be from Yahoo! inviting
donations by bank transfer. A company spokesman said, “We strongly resent our name being used in this criminal activity and we have asked the police to take action. In the meantime, we would like to continue to warn people not to transfer money to bank accounts in spam e-mails. Yahoo! does not request donations in that manner.”

There has been an increase in the number of spam e-mails that invite people to donate money for victim support by purchasing points. When recipients click on the link in the e-mail, they are taken to “deai” or matchmaking sites, which typically have a poor reputation in Japan and are commonly linked to advertising, scams, prostitution and pornography.

A spokesperson for the Communications Association of Japan said, “We urge people to disregard any unsolicited e-mail pertaining to earthquake relief and we want people to be aware that these e-mails are on the increase.”

There has also been an increase in phishing sites that are designed to gather personal information. An anti-phishing council said that these sites have been on the increase since March 11 and often include the words “contribute” or “pray for Japan” in English. Such web pages then usually request that concerned visitors input their names and e-mail addresses.

Telephone bank transfer scams are being attempted, too, said police. In Okayama Prefecture, in the city of Tsuyama, on March 14, a woman in her 30s received a telephone call from a man claiming to be collecting money on behalf of the local government to send to affected areas. Okayama police said that was one of a number of similar calls.

A spokesperson for the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan said, “When donating money via an organization, please confirm the validity of the organization beforehand.”

Compiled from news reports

 

[no_name]

Really disheartening to see people taking advantage of this situation.

 

[ChinaToday]

Police warn of bogus e-mails, phone calls seeking earthquake donations
Thursday 17th March, 09:32 AM JST

Police and the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan said Thursday that bogus e-mails and telephone calls from groups claiming to be collecting donations for earthquake victims have been occurring across the country following the catastrophic series of earthquakes and the tsunami which struck the Tohoku region on March 11.

According to Yahoo! Japan, there have been several confirmed scam e-mails since March 13 claiming to be from Yahoo! inviting
donations by bank transfer. A company spokesman said, “We strongly resent our name being used in this criminal activity and we have asked the police to take action. In the meantime, we would like to continue to warn people not to transfer money to bank accounts in spam e-mails. Yahoo! does not request donations in that manner.”

There has been an increase in the number of spam e-mails that invite people to donate money for victim support by purchasing points. When recipients click on the link in the e-mail, they are taken to “deai” or matchmaking sites, which typically have a poor reputation in Japan and are commonly linked to advertising, scams, prostitution and pornography.

A spokesperson for the Communications Association of Japan said, “We urge people to disregard any unsolicited e-mail pertaining to earthquake relief and we want people to be aware that these e-mails are on the increase.”

There has also been an increase in phishing sites that are designed to gather personal information. An anti-phishing council said that these sites have been on the increase since March 11 and often include the words “contribute” or “pray for Japan” in English. Such web pages then usually request that concerned visitors input their names and e-mail addresses.

Telephone bank transfer scams are being attempted, too, said police. In Okayama Prefecture, in the city of Tsuyama, on March 14, a woman in her 30s received a telephone call from a man claiming to be collecting money on behalf of the local government to send to affected areas. Okayama police said that was one of a number of similar calls.

A spokesperson for the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan said, “When donating money via an organization, please confirm the validity of the organization beforehand.”

Compiled from news reports

exactly this is what human nature is all about , we are all the same , if it happened in india china or what ever country it will surely happen to the japanese too.