Japan was "up and running without any help?" That is an outrageous lie.

For a description of the massive international effort, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_response_to_the_2011_Tōhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami

Obama deployed 7 U.S. ships to Japan, including the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan and the Essex, a large-deck amphibious vessel equipped with helicopters. Two thousand Marines in Malaysia were ordered to Japan.

Within a week, ninety-one countries and nine international organizations offered to assist  

Roughly 20,000 U.S. troops were mobilized in "Operation Tomodachi," or "Friend," the biggest bilateral humanitarian mission the U.S. has conducted in Japan,

A US-based organization called the Japan Center for International Exchange has issued a report noting that Americans have given about $730 million to assist Japan in rebuilding and recovery.