As for looting, I wouldn't really count on it. There might be an instance or two, but the Japanese don't lack for shame, like most Americans. They're much more likely to be too busy helping each other to think about looting and criminality.
Yeah, I am pretty sure guns are illegal in Japan and have been since the end of WWII. Since it is a relatively small island I don't think it would have been hard to find them and get rid of them given how long they've been illegal....especially after we MELTED a large number of them with atom bombs. I could be wrong too though as I have been once before
I don't know about the guns, but I'll share my experiences in a very brief trip there in '98 to maybe help explain who they are.
The sign at the airport -- Welcome to Japan, Obey all the rules.
There was a story making the rounds about a tourist who left a camera on a park bench. Three hours later he returned and it was still there.
I had a gym bag with a lock on it. The company interpreter saw me opening the lock. "In Japan??!!??" she said.
The first or second day I was there, there was a story about a white collar crime that had been committed. While I was there, they caught the guy, brought him to trial, he was convicted and in prison before I left the country, all in under 3 weeks.
Yeah, a totally different culture.
but I feel they will still have their share of looters after the smoke clears
However, your spirit of self sacrifice would be put to the test when you are watching your own family suffer with starvation, thirst and disease. There are already reports of water hoarding
Different culture or not, there are some constants ... human nature and the need to survive. There is no denying that the Japanese do things differently and have been raised differently. However, your spirit of self sacrifice would be put to the test when you are watching your own family suffer with starvation, thirst and disease. There are already reports of water hoarding.
If only Americans could be so unselfish!
We were once, but after taking the love for Jesus out of the classroom and replace it with the love of money, we reap what we sow.
I'm sure that in some corners of our country there are communities that who give everything they had for the neighbors.
(I miss Mayberry, sittin on the porch drinking ice cold cherry COKE!.......)