Japanese fans have become known for cleaning up stadiums after World Cup matches.

Volunteer Hirokazu Tsunoda says picking up litter is the gateway to broader community service, such as disaster relief efforts.

Win or lose, Japan's national team has left locker rooms spotless after matches with thank you notes and origami cranes.

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Nobody can predict how the 48 teams will do at the FIFA World Cup this summer, but if you wanted to gamble on Japan being the tidiest team, you’d surely clean up at the bookies. Thanks to a societal expectation of all Japanese people, you’d never know they were there.