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Japan's massive earthquake has little effect on culture's impeccable manners →
#Japan #Japanese politeness #Japanese tsunami 2011 #civility #culture #manners #society #Asia
Bless the Japanese and their sense of order and civilty.
She was elderly and alone, injured and in pain. When the massive earthquake struck, a heavy bookshelf toppled onto Hiroko Yamashita, pinning her down and shattering her ankle.
When paramedics finally reached her, agonizing hours later, Yamashita did what she said any “normal” person would do, her son-in-law recounted later: She apologized to them for the inconvenience, and asked if there weren’t others they should be attending to first.
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#Japan #Japanese politeness #Japanese tsunami 2011 #civility #culture #manners #society #Asia
