 Japanese soccer is going viral again, but not just for the fans that are cleaning up the stands But actually the team itself left the locker room spotless leaving a lot of people to wonder why are the Japanese so clean? Yeah, this is going viral on social media right now the CNN headline reads Japan and his fans praised on social media For tidying dressing room and stands at the women's World Cup long story short And or they just beat Zambia and they clean the locker room and the stands almost like better than a janitor would listen A lot of people wonder why the Japanese are so clean. I'm going to explain it in this video here But I got to say there's a whole bunch of crazy comments talking about oh well It's because they're the classiest Asians are the most advanced country on earth And then oh also they're trying to make up for the war crimes of World War two bunch of crazy stuff But anyways guys, please hit that like button check out other episodes of the hop-hop boys after this And please definitely show love if you guys enjoy the commentary in the news that we cover Yeah, I mean real quick Andrew What are the real reasons that obviously I would say none of these news articles are delving into what what are the actual? Historical cultural explanations behind why Japanese are generally so clean or probably considered the cleanest people on earth. Yeah I mean honestly They live in an anime. That's the reason why no, I'm just kidding the real reason is that I think one It is taught in school from a really really young age at school when kids are growing up They have to clean up and leave their classroom spot No, they have to do a deep clean even like an elementary school. Yeah, so it's part of the culture from when they're young It's really related to Shintoism and Zen Buddhism that both preach to be clean is to be pure And also you have to be super clean before you enter the temple. We all know this Government policy is to not have a lot of trash cans around the cities also you can get fine for littering So you have to take your trash you can't just throw it in a garbage can you actually have to take it with you and Figure out what to do with it. Also, there's a lot of public shaming It's become a national pride and image thing They don't view it as a chore and honestly once the Japanese kind of dedicate their themselves to something David They're just really good at it. They really are man. It's a very very disciplined very very focused culture to be honest Let's get into the comments section, of course and get into our own takeaways Somebody said hey in case you guys didn't know you don't have to be Japanese to act accordingly to common sense This is decency everybody should have but nowadays people mentality is it's not my job. There's cleaners for a reason It's not that difficult to clean up after the mess you made I mean, I don't really fully agree with these comments because it would be weird I guess for everybody in the world to be like 11 out of 10 like the Japanese are but for sure I would say the Western world has seemingly gotten more rude or and maybe more Disorderly yeah, I think there's this whole thing about that's not my job But again, I don't think the Japanese look at cleaning as a job or as a chore I think they just look at it as a part of life in a way to just stay organized and that's just like oh that is You know just something that us Japanese people do like you have to just do it like it's no question Yeah, I don't think they give it a lot of thought. Yeah, I don't think so I don't even think it's it's work for them Somebody said I remember watching the aftermath of the big earthquake and the Fukushima plant meltdown People were helping each other and cleaning up and there was no looting either Meanwhile, I remember during Hurricane Petrina. There was already people looting while the storm was taking place Um, basically Japan's culture is very very different from America, right? I mean, they do not really have what looting killing robbing drug use Listen, I'm telling you guys just the fact they do not have drugs at all in Japan Well, well they they don't have drugs Largely because they don't allow it the government will not allow it Obviously, they're an island so it's not easy to smuggle things into there But literally the laws are just super strict. So I mean they will execute you. Yes to be honest Um, somebody said I'm not surprised at all. It's the same way it is in Japan. The trains are flawlessly clean I left my umbrella at the station and 10 hours later It was exactly where I left it Of course, you can't even leave your bicycle unlocked in America for more than five minutes David, I think a lot of people associate the cleanliness and kind of the orderliness of Japan With some like weird desire or like Japanese people being weird Do you think Because like people are not free to like steal things or wreck things or dirty things up that that like Makes them more weird or something like is it related to that? I just feel like they think the Japanese are just super different Right and the way they react in any almost given circumstance would be wildly different But I guess my question is can you be a super clean person in America and not feel super weird or different to people? um That's a good question to be honest. I'm not sure, but I do know that in America. There's a a roundness Yeah, you know despite how like advanced america's economy is there's also this like Primal roundiness that it's very difficult for I think sometimes even uh east asians to understand Yeah, it's possible. Somebody said what a great culture arigato to you for setting set a great Suching setting such a great example players from other countries including the usa should take note But here's my thing. I think it's not that japanese people like don't party and cause a mess But they just know that they have to clean afterwards That's just something they do. It's almost just it's just a circle of life to them. Is what i'm saying, right? So like, you know, whether it's shinto Ism or buddhism that they believe in or whatever it is It's just like they just have it built in that you clean like no questions asked What do you think about this assertion that like americans need to learn from them because i'm like But it's their culture and it's probably been that way for like thousands of years How how can a how can america learn from them because uh behaviors are often driven by like baseline cultures that are made up from of like a thousand things It's also just driven by the laws guys. I mean, we're talking about singapore singapore super clean You can't why are the singaporean streets clean? Is it because people don't want to litter? No people want to litter but they'll just get fined or caned if they litter, right? So i'm saying like if we it's the laws really so You have to have stricter laws if you want people to kind of train themselves to be like this Because you can train kids at a young age in america to clean up after class Which i kind of did in school a little bit But at the end of the day if you don't enforce it when they're adults Which it would have to be a law at that point then how why would people do it? But some people are arguing that in singapore people keep it clean because of the strict punishments They get whereas in japan they keep it clean because they just have pride In that's how a japanese person should be. I mean, yes and no I do think that At a baseline japanese are cleaner, but they also still have the laws in place like you will get fined for littering Somebody said they actually just really practice mindfulness mindfulness extends well into other aspects of life Not just cleaning up after oneself bro. I was I will say this I was outside of uh of a 7-11 filming a food video in tokyo in uh Harajuku with some friends and we had this video with ab and I was like eating this chicken sandwich I'm not gonna lie. It was like kind of dripping and falling onto the ground outside And I got hella self-conscious because I was like oh man You're really not supposed to litter and cause a mess in japan So I like felt bad But the sauce was like dripping I was trying to like do a video and be like, you know Kind of over the top and everything So then I cleaned it up afterwards because I everybody around like was kind of looking at me and I was like Damn, I'm being like a stupid youtube influencer right you are being socially deviant Do you think it has to do with just the fact that if all everybody else in japan is being super clean That's just gonna perpetuate the behavior Whereas like for example and or everybody in new york seems to be very messy That's only gonna perpetuate more messiness because you're like well if they're not cleaning up Why am I gonna clean up? Yeah, I think it's cool to be messy in america and it's cool to be rowdy Which I understand why because I grew up in america, but in japan is completely different So guess what different countries of different cultures somebody said japan's respectfulness is a lie It is literally propaganda to deflect from their crimes in world war two Somebody said most of these people were born in the past 40 years buddy That those war crimes happened 70 80 years ago and somebody said, uh, of course some other people were very doubtful You know people who obviously hold some historical beef against japan They were like, uh other east asian teams do it too, but the japanese are the only people who got a professional camera crew Filming them. It's all a facade to deflect from the war crimes Um, I was surprised and there was a lot of arguing people were saying Oh, the japanese government is dumping filtered radioactive water into the ocean from fukushima Don't be tricked by this guys. This is all a deflection. Um, why do you think there is so much beef because because obviously a lot of countries They really really didn't like what imperial japan did did horrific things and then now Almost they're almost getting praised as a perfect society. I can see why that would make those people mad Yes, I do get that if you're a historian and you're constantly and you just learned about all the atrocities that the japanese military committed Not japanese citizens the japanese military, uh That you would be like, yeah, well, so what if they're clean? They're like evil. Yeah, it was yeah, you know, and i'm like I guess like yeah, I guess if you want to look at this as propaganda. It is good PR I do think they play it up, but they also do the work So I guess what can you say? I I just know that For me when I look at what happened in world war two It was horrific But I blame it more on the military and the government versus the people And maybe this kind of goes back to the whole argument about china and how people view china, but ultimately like japan I don't think those citizens In japan at that time were thinking about all the people that the military was killing right right and also I think that probably while the military was out in japan They were probably still keeping japan internally domestically super clean. Yeah, I don't think japan just started being clean I think they were clean for decades Probably possibly thousands of years man. I got to look into it more centuries Somebody said this is why they go to paris and develop paris syndrome because andre paris syndrome is where specifically people from japan Have their uh expectations of paris ruin when they get there and some of them even have to be hospitalized Because I guess uh in a lot of animes and a lot of japanese animation They depict paris like maybe the way japanese people would run paris, but when you get there, there's just like trash everywhere Yeah, um somebody said wow and their food tastes so good too even here in america and somebody said yeah, bro You are such a weeb. You probably love anime and manga too Yeah, I don't know what japan is doing on the low that might be considered like bad or evil But i'm just saying as far as media wise they provide everything that people want good food Clean spaces fun time friendly service on the outside. It is perfect. I'm not saying it is a perfect No, when you go to tokyo as a tourist and you just see their setup there It's mind-blowing. Yeah, you could call it a facade if you want I really don't know what that's supposed to mean fully, but man It's enjoyable. I actually want to say that japan even exceeded my expectations when I went there to be honest Um somebody said there you guys go again. This person is japanese by the way There you guys go again one of the few good things about japan our gender gap is one of the lowest non-stop economic crises same-sex marriage isn't allowed racial profiling every day abuse of refugees Or and on top of that the biggest idol agency has been sexual abusing the boys for more than 70 years But media kept it hidden away until recently I mean, I don't know are japanese clean because they want to cover up for the deep dark Yakuza the the deep evil. You know, you mean you're saying got some skeletons in the closet Yeah, well, maybe some other countries should learn from japan in that sense Somebody said japanese are simply the highest class of people try visiting japan. You'll know why somebody said no unnecessary drama Extremely respectful society. Someone said, uh, totally agree. Unfortunately us americans are slobs in comparison Somebody said japan's work civility moral and humanitarian ethic gives me some hope for the species Sadly, there are too few japanese people to live who live by those high standards to save humanity interesting Somebody said that's how japanese live. They are the clean most cleanly people on earth No doubt about it and they are taking pride in what they do instead of getting angry and jealous unlike so many other Races could the cleanliness come from a sense of superiority? I guess I guess in the negative light I don't want to paint japan as negative, but I guess if we had to think of Their negative reasons on why they would clean like oh, we are just better than everybody Koreans, we are better than chinese. We are definitely better than um, of course andrew this turned into a almost a right-wing discussion about uh Homogenous populations. This is what happens when everybody has the same culture This is what happens when you don't have large groups of people who want to be separate from everybody else and call it progress Huh, this is great. I mean obviously listen. I get why somebody would say this But obviously it's not true because there's a ton of homogenous countries that are nothing like japan Yeah, and then also like it really comes down to the laws man And what I don't like the hypocrisy behind people who say this are like It's like you want america to The exact reasons why america is different than a lot of countries Is contributes to all these other things you mean the freedom. Yeah, that's what i'm saying It's like so stupid when people are like man. Well, why don't we be like japan? I was like well the whole reason why america's like america's is kind of not like japan, right? So you can't just say like oh, let's be like japan You want to be just like a drastically drastically unbelievably different society that has been different for thousands of years America's like what 300 years old somebody said you'll never see stories of chinese Fans cleaning up their seeding sections. I guarantee you that team china would leave their locker room in a mess Of course, um, you know china had to get wrapped up in it. You know, it's unfortunate I do think there potentially is some truth to the stereotype that of the east asians probably, uh, maybe chinese or the messiest Of the mainland chinese i think i possible if you made me rank it I think to wrap this up man. I think it really comes down to the pride that you have in doing things, right? Like you just have the pride in everything that you do and I think Japanese people generally have that I'm not saying that they don't lack things in other ways or that there's not their own issues. Maybe Psychologically or whatever it is, you know what I mean? Like you could go down the list, right? But I think that when it comes to this man You just have to dedicate yourself to something and you just have to like it just has to be part of your culture man Hey, maybe psychopathic about cleaning. Yeah, i'm just kidding guys I mean, I do think that even though I think mainland china is for sure messier than japan and korea I still think it's cleaner than paris in new york though to be honest Um, last but not least andrew somebody said here's to betting against the traders aka the us women's soccer team Look at japan. How much pride they have and they are so patriotic and look at our team nilin during the national anthem Disgusting. I mean, this is a little bit of a side conversation andrew still has to do with the women's world cup Yeah, you know, what's funny is like I just feel like the capitalism and freedom runs opposite to patriotism Like in a way to be patriotic, we should send everybody to like mandatory military service You got to have strict laws. Everybody buys into the same system. You can't you got to have less freedom You know what I mean? Like that that's like I think it runs like a little bit opposite So I think people are like, oh, I love america for the capitalism. I can make money. I can drive my truck I can make the wheels as big as possible I can put a gun on top of the truck and drive around and that's what I love about america And then you're like wait, so like how are people supposed to be on the same page of like everybody thinks so different Yeah, I don't know guys. Let us know what you think in the comment section below. Of course keep it civil Andrew, let's just get into our takeaways. Um, why do you think the whole world is astounded or this just goes viral Every time there's international soccer matches and of course team japan whether men or women's Uh, they clean up the locker room and of course the fans even if they're dressed in full garb and costumes They clean up the stands. I just think everything from japan goes viral man Like whatever issues or good things that they do are just going to go viral. Oh, they clean everything up All japanese are so great. Oh, look they have these types of guys who are herbivores They don't even want to have relations or this got married like a vocaloid Like androids look at this weird sex suit that the japanese invented. Oh, but it's clean The sex suit also cleans you or something like that I guess I guess it's just like there's two sides to everything and I think that everything from japan goes viral Because everybody like it's such a wacky culture. They just like japan. They like japan and they like being there But yeah, obviously that every country has its issues going on. So but yeah, I mean I mean all the way back to the 1990s and remember when all the hollywood stars like schwarzenegger Were going to japan and do like wacky coffee commercials that like people could not believe how like quirky they were Yeah, yeah, um, the truth is andrew japanese are generally an incredibly intense and disciplined focused people, right? And um, that's just their culture It's been that way for a really long time and I don't know if you know this sounds pc or not andrew But it's possible that they're just ability to execute Can be used for just anything right good or bad things It's almost like if you're in control of a Gundam suit first of all incredibly impressive you control a Gundam But I can't tell you what is the morality of like what you do in that Gundam I can just be like man. You guys got a Gundam suit. That's crazy. That's so impressive But you know what I mean like you I guess you could do bad things with it too is what I'm saying No, you're just saying that when you dedicate yourself to something if you dedicate yourself to something negative Then you're gonna be really good at that thing as well or you can dedicate yourself to something good, right? I mean, I just think that culture is made up of so many things man And like when you try to pick apart something and you're like man I wish everybody was respectful and mindful like the japanese and I wish everybody could Do uh cook bread like the french or I wish everybody could cook noodles like the italians or I wish everybody could Do this like this group of people that's known to be the best at thing You know is that is that does that make any sense or do cultures really come in packages with full of pros and cons? It's just like cars, right? Like oh, you want great fuel economy in this car. Well, it's not gonna be that powerful It's gonna be you know, they had to make the frame a lot lighter So theoretically in a car crash, you know, that might not be good with you You have the light frame of the light frame allows for the good mileage like I'm not saying you can't mitigate downsides of culture But at the end of the day every country has a lot of pros and cons and it's like you're just born into one and you either Can accept it or you can move are you saying there's not one single perfect culture? No All right, everybody, let me know in the comments down below what you guys think about japan always cleaning Where does it come from? What are your experiences and also? Maybe maybe it comes as a trade-off for something else I don't know. Who knows let us know what you think in the comment section below until next time we the hop-hop boys be out peace