He does have a point, though: Japan is probably (and hopefully) an anomaly in how they dealt with the crisis. It's one of the last places on Earth where Confuci

He does have a point, though: Japan is probably (and hopefully) an anomaly in how they dealt with the crisis. It's one of the last places on Earth where Confucian ethics still hold a great deal of sway at all levels of society (for now, at least). And that ideology has its strong points, but it is hardly compatible with democracy. It is probably not a good example for how most of the West will deal with the same problem, though whether we do a better job of it remains to be seen.