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I don't think the answer to why Japan is handling this so well is "culture", it's preparation and organization. I recommend everyone read Patrick's blog on Japa
by autarch 16y ago
I don't think the answer to why Japan is handling this so well is "culture", it's preparation and organization. I recommend everyone read Patrick's blog on Japan (http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/03/13/some-perspective-on-the-japan-earthquake/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/03/13/some-perspective-on-the-...). I think that gives some real perspective on exactly why Japan will prevail.
- genki 16y agoNo, I think the author's point is that the Japanese culture is the reason that there isn't panicked looting and rioting in the streets. Civil disorder is not uncommon after a natural disaster, especially when basic necessities are on the line. I think Japan as a country has done as well as it has because it is a culture of acting in the best interests of the whole, not of oneself (mostly as a result of its dense population, I would wager). The preparation and organization played a large part in ensuring a minimum number of casualties, but there's no doubt that it was a culture of doing one's duty/service to society that ensured that all the preparation and organization actually came into play when disaster struck.
- rubashov 16y ago> Civil disorder is not uncommon after a natural disaster Is that really the historical case anywhere in the industrialized world? Seems less a matter of "individualism" in your culture than not having many of the sort of people who loot and riot.