Japan certainly has social mores that discourage petty crime. There are also practical considerations at play. The damage is so severe that there's not much le

Japan certainly has social mores that discourage petty crime. There are also practical considerations at play. The damage is so severe that there's not much left to loot, and there's and nowhere for looters to keep what they steal. The article makes comparisons with Haiti and Katrina, but the damage in Japan is more total than either of these. In many towns there is literally nothing left. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366395/Japan-tsunami-earthquake-Haunting-images-450-Britons-feared-missing.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366395/Japan-tsunam...