After watching their team dismantle Zambia 5-0, several Japanese spectators won fans of their own as they stayed behind to clean the stands following their team’s opening Women’s World Cup match.
Footage posted by the BBC showed several Japanese fans walking around the stadium with trash bags, picking up garbage left in the stands.
Japanese fans have become known in recent years for their efforts to clean stands after they did so in matches at the men’s 2022 and 2018 World Cup and they were praised on social media for their efforts.
“They are literally the best fans in the world,” one Twitter user said, while Fox Soccer called it “the best tradition in sports.”
Japan’s women’s national team were also thanked by FIFA on Twitter for leaving their dressing room spotless, complete with a thank you note written in Japanese and English.
Victory against Zambia, thanks to goals from Mina Tanaka, Jun Endo, Riko Ueki and a brace from Hinata Miyazawa, kicked off Japan’s World Cup campaign in style. The Nadeshiko will next play on Wednesday, taking on Costa Rica.
Source: CNN
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The Asian countries are very discipline when it comes to SANITATION. They have performed a service that is not necessarily their responsibility thus the praises they are getting everywhere. As to why we admire these things but can't do same is mind boggling. Just look at Accra, the capital city of Ghana , very dirty. At times you see used polythene bags ' dancing ' in front of the seat of government ,the jubilee house. We have a whole ministry of sanitation and it's like Accra was better off in the area of sanitation before the creation of the ministry. No wonder Japan has very old people in their country, their clean environment is definitely a contributory factor. In the Rawlings era the ministry of local government had a handsome prize of the cleanest town in Ghana with a certain population figure. I urge the current minister to reintroduce that prize by promising to double the share of the common fund or providing them with their most cherished project if a district is adjudged the cleanest town/ city in a year. They may start with district/ regional capitals with a huge population not the rural districts where waste generation is very minimal.