Japan's Post-Disaster Social Upheaval

I read a lot about how Japan's social order hasn't broke down in the wake of a major earthquake, tsunami, nuclear disaster, thousands of aftershocks and an ongoing power shortage but I have to disagree. Signs of stress and social breakdowns are less extreme but easily visible.
In western cities drug abuse is blatant, thievery is rampant and gang violence isn't uncommon. When you consider this as the null state a social breakdown must mean mass riots, looting and a complete breakdown of the economy. Anything less wouldn't even register.
Japan, like many East Asian nations, is highly ordered. Rules are strictly enforced and breaking social or legal conventions is severely punished. Children learn from a young age to follow rules. As an elementary school teacher I can say that the overlying theme of primary education here is to produce Japanese adults. Education as we think of it , the three 'R's is incidental to creating another generation with the same values as their ancestors.
With that in mind one needs to pay more attention to see the break down of Japanese society. By comparison it seems ludicrous but some of the examples that come to mind are people are standing on the wrong side of escalators, more people are walking while smoking and some staples are still sold out at times. I have even heard discussion of government ordered changing of company dress codes to reduce energy use this summer.
It isn't the riots or looting we see during hurricanes in America but when you consider the starting points it is a similar escalation of anti-social behaviour.