So little looting? Hate to burst your bubble, but the Japanese news is full of scammers pocketing money "for earthquake victims", people stealing from charity boxes, and looting.

Yes, looting. I can't find many news articles other than in Japanese, but here we go. Just use Google translate (http://translate.google.com/).

Since the earthquake, there were over 250 cases of looting in Sendai alone.

http://www.jiji.com/jc/eqa?g=eqa_date3&k=2011031900317

Here's a nice article that mentions people trying to break into ATMs right after the quake.

http://www.jiji.com/jc/eqa?g=eqa_date2&k=2011032000211

Here's just one about stealing from charity boxes. There were probably 4 or 5 articles today.

http://www.jiji.com/jc/eqa?g=eqa_date2&k=2011032000250

Stuff is happening, it's just not getting translated into your news.