I suspect that part of it is the Japanese obsession with Cleanliness.
Criminal activity creates a Mess. No One wants to create a Mess. If you do, some little old Grandmother will come up to you and read you the Riot Act.
Some parts of Japan do not even have Trash Cans in public places because people put things like candy wrappers into their Pockets and take them Home to throw away.
I have a Japanese friend and she sometimes tell me stories about running into freaked out Americans from the nearby US Navy base who are feeling the “Culture Shock” of learning about living in Japan for the first time. (She speaks excellent English and sometimes gets asked to translate.)
I suspect that part of it is the Japanese obsession with Cleanliness.
Criminal activity creates a Mess. No One wants to create a Mess. If you do, some little old Grandmother will come up to you and read you the Riot Act.
Some parts of Japan do not even have Trash Cans in public places because people put things like candy wrappers into their Pockets and take them Home to throw away.
I have a Japanese friend and she sometimes tell me stories about running into freaked out Americans from the nearby US Navy base who are feeling the “Culture Shock” of learning about living in Japan for the first time. (She speaks excellent English and sometimes gets asked to translate.)