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Missing for the last 20 years. the enough political unity to put this country on a high growth path. >> i hope that's the case. thank you very much indeed. one of the most striking things about the aftermath of the disaster in japan is the calm and stoicism of the japanese people. joining me now is a man who spent a lot of time in japan. "the new york times'" nick cristophe. you were actually in japan. you were the tokyo bureau chief for "the new york times" in the kobe earthquake of 1995. news 4 been through a similar scenario -- you've been through a similar scenario there. what is it abou...

People. finally, i found one case where a little minnesote market had b. i asked the proprietor, did you feel the japanese would take advantage of the crisis, and he said, "you misand, understand, s a couple of foreigners." i did feel this discipline, this stoicism, this gaman was truly something beautiful to admire and something that we americans can learn from. >> obviously economically, they're getting hammer ted moment. you would expect that. do you think that they have that business drive that's going to be required to rebuild their economy in the country? is that part of their psyche, as...

Kobe crisis. were they good at the recovery process, are they pro-active on getting back on their feet again? >> in general japanese officials leave one with kind of a sense of horror. i mean, just a real -- real difficult grappling with crisis. on the other hand, japanese people filled me with admiration. the kobe earthquake followed one in los angeles by a little bit. and in los angeles there had been a lot of looting. so i went all around and asked people about looting. and these japanese police would say, yes, it's a real problem. i looked all over for looting. finally, i found one apartme...

Things about the aftermath of the disaster in japan is the calm and stoicism of the japanese people. joining me now is a man who spent a lot of time in japan. "the new york times'" nick cristophe. you were actually in japan. you were the tokyo bureau chief for "the new york times" in the kobe earthquake of 1995. news 4 been through a similar scenario -- you've been through a similar scenario there. what is it about the japanese people that allows them to deal with such catastrophe in what appears to be such a remarkably calm manner? >> well, i think that we in america, when we come across a cr...

Said, "you misunderstand, it was a couple of foreigners." i really did feel that this discipline, this stoicism, this gaman was really truly something beautiful to admire that is something we americans can learn from. >> obviously economically, they're getting hammered at the moment. and we would expect that. do you think that they have that business drive that's going to be required to rebuild their economy in the country? is that part of their psyche, as well? >> yes, absolutely. look what happened after world war ii when the whole country was rebuilt. and you saw the same thing after kobe. ...