http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20050901-00000015-yom-int
It is rather bleak indeed. It states in Japanese that looters are now on a free for all. That every time they head into a store, or private residence, or even hospital, there is looting and then further shots fired. It states that "in America, even in some (super) markets, guns are for sale. When any of these are broken into, the guns will circulate among the looters, so they have this crisis". Reports that a 'man shot a family' (that's what it sez!), and other reports from "AP", including vehicles stolen, commandeered, and 'even a vehicle from a senior home' has been stolen.
Not painting a good picture for us overseas, folks. Most people in Japan I would say, egged on by their media, are inclined (unfortunately) to look at this as an American news story, not a Louisiana or New Orleans news dispatch per se.....
I think we can thank corporate media for ramming rap music with songs like go kill a cop, got to find me a couple of whores, and other fine anarchy driven music being fed to these zombies.