So I suppose those that are homeless will be coming here, right? Hey, we have PLENTY of room for them.
::dread::
From what I have seen, a number of these are elderly Japanese. They certainly won't want to leave Japan just because of this event.
For that matter, the Japanese have survived a lot of disasters. It's the most earthquake-prone place on earth; they get their share of bad weather; they have dense populations so that when disaster hits it tends to hit a lot of people simultaneously.
But they persevere pretty daggone well -- look at how eager so many were to return to the very dangerous island of Miyakejima. They spend a lot of money building highly disaster-resistant structures, and do a lot more disaster preparation than anywhere I have seen in the U.S.