Comment Comment by Steko Ah the "no looting in Japan" myth.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Japan_earthquake_store_she...http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2011/03/why-no...FWIW the main reason there is less looting in Japan is because they have done a better job at eliminating poverty. Here's what happened before they had done so:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_Riots_of_1918 parent Steko 12 years ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Japan_earthquake_store_she...
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2011/03/why-no...
FWIW the main reason there is less looting in Japan is because they have done a better job at eliminating poverty. Here's what happened before they had done so:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_Riots_of_1918