Never forget your nature during difficulties

“Prepare for the worst, hope for the best”. This is the secret for the lives of Japanese. The country has faced big and small 1500 earth quakes and prepared again. Disaster management education is made compulsory.

Self-dependency and futuristic vision

After tsunami & quakes, Japanese were not dependent on government for help. They knew that the initial structure has shred. Along with getting out of the incident, they started making future preparations. At present 27% houses of Tokyo have stock of all important stuff to be supplied during disaster.

Don’t show plight

Everyone saw the picture of people waiting outside stores for their turn in a disciplinary manner after tsunami. This is only the speciality of Japan. 2.65 billion yen, bank passbooks, home registries were found from 57,000 lockers, which were handled to 96% right hands by the help of people and police.

Trust only yourself

Instead of taunting the government for accepting failure in crises management, people came forward and handled the situation. Removed debris on their own. Made shelters. Ran collective operations to find each other’s family members. Formed communities and supported those who had no one with them. Read the rest of this entry →