The Mainichi Daily Newsreports that hoarding in the aftermath of the worst tragedy Japan has seen during peacetime has left supermarket shelves almost completely bare of basic necessities:
"If consumers don't remain calm and buy unnecessary amounts of supplies, it will only promote general panic," Kenichi Ito of the Japan Consumers' Association, wrote to the paper. "Furthermore, there is a need for the central and local governments along with private firms to provide accurate and detailed information on supply constrictions and shipments of goods."
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"If consumers don't remain calm and buy unnecessary amounts of supplies, it will only promote general panic," Kenichi Ito of the Japan Consumers' Association, wrote to the paper. "Furthermore, there is a need for the central and local governments along with private firms to provide accurate and detailed information on supply constrictions and shipments of goods."