There are looting, a stabbing and a rape in Japan:
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''It's only natural that people get frustrated,'' said Yoshinori Sato, a spokesman for the city council. ''It's because of the stress. People are hungry and frustrated. I've heard about people screaming and fighting over food.''
There have been instances of looting at supermarkets and liquor stores. Mr Sato had also heard reports about a stabbing and a rape in the town.
''In some cases there were houses that were half-destroyed, and people would go in and look for anything they could find to use or to eat,'' he said. ''I feel sorry for them but a crime is a crime.''
The humanitarian crisis is eroding confidence that Japan, for all its wealth and technological brilliance, is capable of managing a relief effort of such enormous proportions.
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