Why looting japan

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Another person suggested it was somehow related to the fact that the Japanese return lost items -- giving an expose on how lost things are most always returned to their owners in Japan, including wallets, cash and umbrellas.

I might add that there is an incentive in Japan to turn things in -- if no one claims the item, you have the rights to it. Thus, you get to feel like a hero for turning it in and have a chance to keeping it legally.

When I turned in a wallet one time, the policeman told me that I was entitled to a reward from the owner if he came in to claim it. Unfortunately, the owner was a high school student who didn't have any money in his wallet anyway. Just notes passed in class and girls' phone numbers.

But, I'd like to offer a more plausible, politically incorrect answer as to why the Japanese didn't participate in mass looting: integrity. One common experience among foreigners coming to work in Japan for a year or more is that when they leave Japan, they leave a more polite person.