> cleanliness being ingrained in the Japanese national identity That's a myth. Except if you consider the Japanese national identity was set in the 60s. What m

> cleanliness being ingrained in the Japanese national identity That's a myth. Except if you consider the Japanese national identity was set in the 60s. What made the Japanese clean is the Japanese government, during the preparation for the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. Before that, Japan had trash everywhere.