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There's the difference between the Japanese people and so many others right there. The Japanese people work together and the government works with them. Organizing, facilitating, coordinating. So many other peoples just sit back and wait for the government to fix things. Think FEMA.
You can bet that the local population took it upon themselves to get in the street and start cleaning up. The old, young, infirm, fit, nobody questioned the why or how. Something called "civic pride".
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