Japan enters a period of voluntary self restraint

7 April 2011 Last updated at 21:12 ET Help

Japan has entered a period of what's known as jishuku, or voluntary self restraint.

Out of solidarity with those in disaster-hit areas people across the country are making cutbacks.

Luxury is being shunned, and even traditional celebrations scaled down, as Roland Buerk reports.

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