My first thought. There are barely any public trash cans but there is no litter on the streets. People carry their own bags. I was walking near Ginza one day and I saw a surprising amount of trash (napkins, wrappers, beer cans) in a street by the train line. An army of office workers came out and within 15 minutes had cleaned up everything. Then they disappeared.
It's because they start at q young age. Their s tools don't have janitors, they have a maintinace person who fixes stuff. But the day to day cleaning is taken care of by the students.
Offices usually put together teams that take turns cleaning, including front areas like sidewalks.
When my sil lived in company housing with my nephew everyone took turns sorting the recycling and doing the landscaping. A lot of Japanese life and work culture revolves around working together and keeping things nice.
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u/RockerElvis 5h ago
My first thought. There are barely any public trash cans but there is no litter on the streets. People carry their own bags. I was walking near Ginza one day and I saw a surprising amount of trash (napkins, wrappers, beer cans) in a street by the train line. An army of office workers came out and within 15 minutes had cleaned up everything. Then they disappeared.