Yeah they're taught ethics and cleanliness by the time they're three years old, and once they go to school it is mandatory for the kids to clean up the class room at the end of the day. This is a practice that continues right up until they graduate, so it's embedded in how they behave whereever they go.
For them, this is not being respectful, it's just being normal. It's no wonder that Japan is so clean.
Yeah they're taught ethics and cleanliness by the time they're three years old, and once they go to school it is mandatory for the kids to clean up the class room at the end of the day. This is a practice that continues right up until they graduate, so it's embedded in how they behave whereever they go.