82-year-old Ikiko Saeki, who is sleeping in the greenhouse in front of her house that was damaged in last week's earthquake in Mashiki, Kumamaoto Prefecture, explaining why she doesn't want to stay in an evacuation shelter. (Asahi Shimbun)
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The evacuation shelters are too crowded, and I do not want to leave my house as I fear thieves might come while I am away.
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JeffLee
Yep, looting. Similar sentiments were heard in Fukushima and in other natural disasters in Japan. It's laughable that people - especially ones overseas - deny that looting occurs in Japan.
Wc626
Are you serious? Wow, Japanese looters (today) . . . . who'd thought of that?
Aly Rustom
Ok. so we need more police to patrol disaster stricken areas as well as more shelters and better conditions in the shelters.
Fouxdefa
Looting happens! Vans and trucks with out-of-prefecture license plates stopping and starting suspiciously through damaged neighborhoods sometimes arrive for the purpose before rescue teams do. A warning against such vehicles is going around Japanese instagram.