Japanese fans were praised by the international community for taking care of garbage at the World Cup matches.
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It was also praised on official social media, but some Japanese celebrities have come back to say that the pride they get from enforcing garbage is just a form of slavery.
Igawa, a wealthy businessman who is also known as the king of Japan's paper industry, said that Japanese fans and the
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Helping to clean the stands and changing rooms, taking away the work of the cleaners, this kind of behavior is only for self-satisfaction, I hope they will not do it again: the only thing that can make the Japanese people proud is to enforce the garbage, this is really sad, this is only a kind of "slave nature".
While most Japanese people disagree with Igawa's statement and believe that cleanliness is a virtue, some agree, pointing out that Japanese fans are guilty of littering overseas but not at domestic matches, and that littering to gain admiration reflects a lack of pride in their country's culture and history.
