> Oddly enough though, Japan has some busy cities too but I suspect the bystander-effect has less power there. But then again, even in the tsunami-aftermath, pe

> Oddly enough though, Japan has some busy cities too but I suspect the bystander-effect has less power there. But then again, even in the tsunami-aftermath, people remained orderly collecting food & supplies so they are some kind of super-special case. There is an unusually high level of trust between Japanese people. I think the ethnic and cultural homogeneity is the main reason for this. Ethnic Japanese are seen as one big family. On the other hand, anyone who is non-Japanese is permanently excluded from this group. This is responsible for their extremely low levels of immigration.