While I agree with your general assessment, I want to point out that it cannot be concluded from your example: in Russia (at least when I was in elementary/high

While I agree with your general assessment, I want to point out that it cannot be concluded from your example: in Russia (at least when I was in elementary/high school in the 90s), children clean the classroom in much the same way as in Japan (scrub the floors etc), very hands-on. Yet Russia is pretty much opposite Japan in littering on the streets.