Indians are dazed at Japan’s football fans tidying the stadium before leaving. This kind of civic sense comes from learning from childhood that public spaces are a shared responsibility, not someone else’s headache

A heartbreaking 1-2 defeat to Brazil in Houston, brought Japan’s World Cup journey to an end. But what did the Japanese fans do afterwards?

They tidied up the stadium.

This has actually become a familiar sight by now. Once civic sense is embedded in a people’s DNA, it remains with them through the lifecycle and reflects itself in every corner of the world.

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