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It all depends on what is considered looting. If my town is nearly destroyed and there are hurt people, then I have no problem going to a Walgreens or a CVS and just taking the medical supplies needed. I would also have no problem with taking food. If it is freezing and my home was destroyed, then I would have no problem taking blankets or jackets either. These things are natural. TVs, designer clothing, stereos . . . that is another matter.
Big difference between the two countries: individualism (U.S.) and communitarianism (Japan).
But as HistorianDude points out, natural disasters appear to lessen that difference.
That was basically what I was going to point out, we live in a country that is all about "me" rather than looking at ourselves as a part of a community.
Though as it was pointed out, looting can happen after any natural disaster. Though in the case of the Northeast after Sandy, I remember hearing about how the average crime rate was lower during that time, at least in the NYC metro.
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...not that many Japanese in Joplin, MO...eah.
