![]() ![]() This clean-up culture isn’t a new characteristic. She added, “In our home life as well, parents teach us that it’s bad for us not to keep our things and our space clean.” ![]() Maiko Awane, assistant director of Hiroshima Prefectural Government’s Tokyo office, told BBC, “For 12 years of school life, from elementary school to high school, cleaning time is part of students’ daily schedule.” In fact, cleaning time is part of a student’s daily schedule while he/she is in school. Tidiness at public spaces in Japan is considered a virtue and children are taught from a very young age to clean up their classrooms and school facilities on a regular basis. When you leave a place, you have to leave it cleaner than it was before,” he was quoted as saying by New York Times. File image/APĮven Hajime Moriyasu, coach of the Japanese team echoed the same sentiments, “For Japanese people, this is just a normal thing to do. Japan supporters clean the stands at the end of the World Cup group E soccer match between Germany and Japan, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. And that we should always express gratitude.”Ītarimae roughly translates as ‘stating the obvious’ which is fair enough in that if you see rubbish, it should be cleared up. ![]() This means the team reaches its destiny.”Ī third supporter added: “What we’re taught is that leaving things cleaner than the way you found it is atarimae. “What you think is special is actually nothing unusual for us,” Danno, a Japanese fan, was quoted as telling Al Jazeera.Īnother supporter was quoted as saying after their team’s win against Germany, “Our heart is clean, so the stands must be clean. While images of the Japanese fans cleaning up has stunned many across the globe, it’s not out of the ordinary for them. This isn’t the first World Cup where they have grabbed headlines for their clean-up skills in 2018, after their heart-breaking defeat in the final moments of their last 16 round with Belgium, they earned massive respect when they cleared up the Rostov Arena in Russia.įIFA World Cup: Fixtures | Results | Points Table | Squads | Recordsīut, why do they do it? Is it a habit or a favour? We find out. After an historic victory against Germany at the #FIFAWorldCup on Match Day 4, Japan fans cleaned up their rubbish in the stadium, whilst the left their changing room at Khalifa International Stadium like this. ![]()
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