Why are the Japanese so calm in the face of disaster? Why do Japanese seem to band so well together and also deal with these terrible triple tragedies so well?
A Short interview with David McDaniel’s, an American pastor based in downtown Tokyo, Japan who explains the unusually stoic Japanese cultural response to the Tsunami Crisis. David is a missionary with YWAM a JEMA member mission. http://grassrootsnews.tv/?p=528
You may also enjoy this Newsweek article contrasting the East and West. http://www.newsweek.com/2011/03/20/a-tale-of-two-cultures.
The same reason that Japanese collectively face adversity calmly is the one of the main cultural reasons they are resistant to Christianity. Please leave your comments and questions.