Many survivors in Japan show patience

Four days after the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, a local newspaper in Sendai — the city closest to the quake's epicentre — reported there had been 40 incidents of theft and looting since the disaster. That number is pretty low. In Japan the idea that you need to be considerate and defer to the interests of the group is instilled in you from a very early age. But people are traumatized, and not just those in the worst-affected areas. "In Japan people smile with their face and cry inside," said Jeff Kingston, of Temple University, Japan Campus
March 20, 2011 | BBC News