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I see nothing surprising in how the room was left. That's how the Japanese believe and are brought up. I would have been surprised if it looked a wreck.

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Very Japanese.

They sweep their streets to the same degree. The 5 second rule in Japan could probably be tripled!

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These are people with great dignity and respect.

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Amazing. Much praise.

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I still cannot fathom that we dropped not one but two nuclear bombs on the people of Japan. And after the first one, Truman was jubilant. And they actually forgave us!

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Quite a contrast to how American Olympic hockey players behaved in Nagano 25 years ago.

Angry US Hockey Players Trash Rooms | AP News

https://apnews.com/934145995d580e17ff3a5cf0a0ddc44c

My wife and I hosted a Japanese woman that was a guide to her English-speaking students a few years ago: It was like hosting Adrian Monk! The Japanese make me ashamed to be American. Happily, with their polite society and immigration laws, their society is liable to still exist in ten years.

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As clean as a public park after a Tea Party rally!

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Awesome. Japanese schools do not employ janitors. The children clean the schools.

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This is how Qatar 🇶🇦 bought the World Cup for ~ 200 billion. How many FIFA and other officials were bribed. Not cool

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Darling!

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