Our Current Standing in the Wake of the Japan Earthquake Disaster

Around 2:45 p.m. on March 11, 2011... an earthquake began to occur in Japan. Japan is a so-called 'island arc' country formed when plate meets plate and one plate rises, so under this kind of formation, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes cannot help but occur frequently. One more piece of 'bad news' is that the plates beneath Japan are presumed to be the 'Philippine Plate,' the 'Eurasian Plate,' and the 'Pacific Plate,' and the activity level of these 3 plates is on the high side compared to other plates, so once damage begins to occur, the aftershocks are no joke. Usually the density of oceanic plates is higher than that of continental plates, so the Pacific Plate and the Philippine Plate go under the Eurasian Plate. However, the tendency of the Eurasian Plate and the Pacific Plate to push forward against each other has occurred frequently of late, so this earthquake too comes with a warning that there will be several more aftershocks. Even at 12:30 a.m., as I write this, breaking news is reporting that about an hour ago, at 11:30 p.m., an aftershock of magnitude 4.8 occurred. In a situation where it's impossible even to guess how great the damage will be, we have no other way to help except to minimize the scale of damage to our neighboring island country 'Japan.'
- The photo above is only a part of Japan's damage. When an earthquake occurs, the ground shakes, so 'concrete'-type structures like that are prone to cracking in many directions. Unless their strength is that of a 'lime-mortar tomb' over 100 years old, you can tell that the property damage from road destruction alone will be enormous. -

The death toll tallied by the Japanese government at the current time (12:40 a.m.) alone exceeds 1,700 people. The aftershocks haven't ended yet, no recovery work has progressed at all, and once excavation work begins, it's a situation where it's impossible even to guess how many dead and victims will turn up. How long on earth will these aftershocks continue.... In a way, our country is also able to avoid all the 'mega-tsunamis' that arise from such earthquakes because Japan is there. Japan's buildings are mostly prefabricated houses, and traditional wooden buildings exist too. Of course in the cities there are concrete-type buildings as well, but all buildings try to basically observe earthquake-resistant design. Because Japan has small earthquakes dozens of times a year, earthquake-resistant building design cannot help but be very important. Even so, this earthquake, of a scale that destroys buildings as in the left photo, came to inflict enormous damage on the Japanese people. Moreover, the surviving children may end up with trauma, and the dead are beyond even counting, so it's a deeply regrettable situation.
What about the comments attached to the internet articles that conveyed this Japan situation?

There are comments worrying about Japan too. But there are also some comments saying, regarding this Japan, that it serves them right, or that condolences aren't needed. Which, really, is the good attitude? Let's think about it once. On Japan's famous community '2ch,' it's said that when the Daegu subway disaster occurred they rejoiced and wrote that more people should die, and in my opinion such Japanese netizens are low-quality scum, and didn't most people not worry about it?? But what's truly sad is that there are low-quality netizens in our country too. At a time when a nuclear plant has just exploded and radiation keeps leaking, is it really right to be saying things like more Japanese people should die...... Of course, we must not forget history. While learning national history and modern-contemporary history in high school, I learned beyond words what a son-of-a-X country Japan is, but apart from that matter, in a state where countless 'human beings' have collapsed this vainly before nature, is it really a good thing to shout for more to die while reckoning past affairs...? I don't think so. At least if you're a citizen of a country trying to become a developed nation, shouldn't you take a humanitarian, philanthropic attitude and first help that country's victims as much as possible and then obtain an apology...?