Browsing through the latest news on Japan, I found an article "Why Japan will prevail" written by Toshiro Tanimoto for CNN. And reading it, hope returned. I recognized them, the Japanese people, their nobility is not just "polite", as some have supposed, but is in fact a moral written on their character, and nothing, not even a threat to ones life, could change that.
"/.../ the government is warning that water quality may suffer temporarily. Spurred on by my wife, I run to a convenience store nearby and find nearly empty rows of shelves and just 10 bottles of water left. I am amazed that the owner is still selling the bottles at the regular price -- $1 each -- because I know I would pay twice as much. I briefly think about grabbing all 10 bottles, but decide to buy just five, because I know others will need them. /.../." Tashiro Tanimoto
Could I do the same in that situation, I wonder; could I deny the self preservation instinct and think of others in the moment of crisis? Yet it is exactly because of that attitude, Tanimoto argues, that the Japanese will prevail. And I believe him.
You can read the whole thing here: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/14/tanimoto.trust.japan.quake/
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