Why is there no looting in Japan?

tiger55 · 14-03-2011 06:30PM #1

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100079703/why-is-there-no-looting-in-japan/

http://nation.foxnews.com/culture/2011/03/14/why-there-no-looting-japan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp-dJ1k_DbI

KeithM89_old · 14-03-2011 06:32PM

I think theyre too busy trying to survive than rob some shops.

Spunge · 14-03-2011 06:32PM

African-americans

Mod note, user banned for this remark

df1985 · 14-03-2011 06:32PM

Doesnt Japan have a very low crime rate in general?? Impression I always got was that theyre polite well behaved people.

Rented Mule · 14-03-2011 06:33PM

Everything is radioactive !!

tiger55 · 14-03-2011 06:33PM

df1985 wrote: »

Doesnt Japan have a very low crime rate in general?? Impression I always got was that theyre polite well behaved people.

Until they get into a war that is. Look at WW2.:eek:

ScumLord · 14-03-2011 06:33PM

Because nobody has any need for a load of rubble and broken stuff I'd assume.

Blatter · 14-03-2011 06:33PM

Because their people aren't dicks.

major bill · 14-03-2011 06:33PM

prob cos the japanease are one of the only races left with a bit of respect!!!

karlog · 14-03-2011 06:34PM

It's part of their culture. Doing crime is seen as bringing shame to your family in Japan.

How Soon Is Now · 14-03-2011 06:35PM

Id say its down to the fact people are in very bad situation and robbing from there fella citizens is the last thing on there mind it might be of short term benfit to them but of long term damage to there country.

That and a whole bunch of other stuff im not aloud say :pac:

fontanalis · 14-03-2011 06:36PM

Ask Kanye West!

starbelgrade · 14-03-2011 06:36PM

Why No Looting.

Isn't he a second cousin of How Mi No Rob Yu?

Rented Mule · 14-03-2011 06:36PM

Rented Mule wrote: »

Everything is radioactive !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3973tfsllqw

deathrider · 14-03-2011 06:37PM

Because all the stuff that would be worth looting would now be all soggy and yucky.

southsiderosie · 14-03-2011 06:38PM

Spunge wrote: »

African-americans

Yes, it's "looting" when black people did it after Hurricane Katrina, but when white kids took food and supplies from abandoned shops, it was "finding". :rolleyes:

who what when · 14-03-2011 06:38PM

Because they're a more civilised nationality

pragmatic1 · 14-03-2011 06:39PM

Honour is huge in their society. We would do well to take a leaf out of their book.

liah · 14-03-2011 06:39PM

There probably is some amount, but the Japanese are notorious for trying to uphold reputation and wouldn't necessarily report on it as they see it as shameful and tend to take a 'brush it under the carpet til it goes away' approach.

There's also the fact that people are probably too devastated from their losses (both personal and national) and the destruction to even consider bothering to loot.

starbelgrade · 14-03-2011 06:40PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Honour is huge in their society. We would do well to take a leaf out of their book.

I don't think nicking pages out of their books would be very honourable of us, considering the mess they are in at the minute.

dillo2k10 · 14-03-2011 06:40PM

There is no looting as the places that are destroyed as there is nothing to loot and in the large city's they cant loot, life is going on as "normal". Also I think that Japan has a low crime rate anyhow, they don't think of doing things like that and they are being provided with everything they need (I think)

fontanalis · 14-03-2011 06:40PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Honour is huge in their society. We would do well to take a leaf out of their book.

It's a strange one; they treated POW's in World War 2 almost better when they were dead than when they were alive.

RasTa · 14-03-2011 06:43PM

df1985 wrote: »

Doesnt Japan have a very low crime rate in general?? Impression I always got was that theyre polite well behaved people.

Aye, few lads I met when traveling, one was saying that he had to spend 14 days in jail because he got caught smoking a joint.

Spunge · 14-03-2011 06:44PM

RasTa wrote: »

Aye, few lads I met when traveling, one was saying that he had to spend 14 days in jail because he got caught smoking a joint.

Most countries in Asia take drugs very seriously, even weed.

tiger55 · 14-03-2011 06:47PM

southsiderosie wrote: »

Yes, it's "looting" when black people did it after Hurricane Katrina, but when white kids took food and supplies from abandoned shops, it was "finding". :rolleyes:

There is difference between bread and a crate of beer;)

Latchy · 14-03-2011 06:47PM

tiger55 wrote: »

Until they get into a war that is. Look at WW2.:eek:

True , the treatment of allied prisoner and the Nanking massacre are a scar on that countrys history but they are no longer an imperialistic culture with an Emperor

major bill wrote: »

prob cos the japanease are one of the only races left with a bit of respect!!!

Compared to many westerners They are very humble .But every major race of many millions will have some flaw which might only show it's face during periods of immense stress or war

tiger55 · 14-03-2011 06:48PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuwlqeNRElI

daithiordave · 14-03-2011 06:48PM

yes but to them at the time someone who surrendered had no honour, you fought to the death, so prisoners were considered less then human.

There is a lot less petty crime over there, not saying there isnt any crime there, but you can walk the streets at night and never feel threatened.

gargleblaster · 14-03-2011 06:50PM

this thread made me think of a post in the one about the tsunami, in which someone mentioned a possibility of reports of crime being suppressed due to the tradition of saving face. if this has any bearing in reality, it might have something to do with there being no reports of looting.

maybe their emergency services are so efficient that they're managing to get food and potable water to all the people who have been cut off from them as a result of this disaster. if so, then i would hazard a guess that that's probably got something to do with it.

there might also be some correlation to poverty rates. poverty and crime do seem to go hand in hand.

RichieC · 14-03-2011 06:50PM

southsiderosie wrote: »

Yes, it's "looting" when black people did it after Hurricane Katrina, but when white kids took food and supplies from abandoned shops, it was "finding". :rolleyes:

Sickens me..

Feeona · 14-03-2011 06:52PM

Japan can be a weird place sometimes. The Japanese wouldn't loot because it would bring shame on their family (although that's understandable enough). They wouldn't pick money up off the floor in case someone sees them (finders keepers doesn't hold water in Japan). A few years back, a Japanese civilian was taken hostage in Iraq. The Japanese governement refused to bring him home (leaving it to the family to organise) because he had brought shame on the country by doing something so stupid as to be in a dangerous country. I lived in a city in Japan for a while where there were two train companies. People committed suicide on only one of the company lines, the reason being that the other train line charged the family for the clean up/delay the suicide would cause.

A culture that can seem harsh, but society in Japan would break down if they didn't strictly adhere to their social rules.

Why is there no looting in Japan?

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