Japan fans left the stands spotless after their World Cup opener against the Netherlands in Texas on Sunday, saying it was "Japanese culture" to tidy up after themselves.Japan are appearing at their eighth straight World Cup and their fans' cleanliness has become their international calling card.
It’s 95% b/c ALL the schools make the kids gain an appreciation for manual labor.
If you grow up doing a job, you will respect those who do it. Same as how anyone who ever has worked as a waiter tips well and treats service staff better than someone who never has.
As a result you have decades of it being ingrained into their entire populace a personal sense of respect for cleaning and maintaining a space.
…And for the other 5%, because it is always covered in news stories every time it happens now so positively, now it’s also probably a point of national pride.
Ironically they don’t tip in Japan.
Only because the business class here have successfully convinced the working class that it is they who should instead bear the responsibility to make up for the fact that the business owners don’t have to (and therefore don’t) pay their employees a living wage.
That’s the reason people that have worked as waiters tip well.
I imagine they would also be the ones who would vote for legislation forcing restaurants to no longer be allowed to pay any of their employees two bucks an hour or whatever.
In Japan, tipping is not part of the culture because they pay you a living wage for working… and it’s just expected for you to give excellent service as part of the job itself.
And, again, like with janitorial duties, kids rotate to work as cafeteria staff workers in Japanese schools as well.