11,000 turn out for garbage cleanup campaign in Chiba

Tuesday 25th November, 06:51 AM JST

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illsayit at 09:00 AM JST - 25th November

Who is Kosaku and what is he after? Clean up is always done at the local level of govt in my area of Chiba. If we dont clean, we pay.
LFRAgain at 09:33 AM JST - 25th November

Grassroots is where this sort of thing starts. Far too many assume that keeping their community clean is the job of the government, not realizing that simply picking up after oneself is an individual responsibility.

The cynic in me wants to ask who then followed behind to pick up all the PET bottles and empty convenience store bento boxes left behind by the 11,000 volunteers, but Kudos to DJ Kosaku for starting this. Maybe other prefectures will take notice.
nisegaijin at 10:14 AM JST - 25th November

Isn't Chiba the New Jersey of Japan? Garbage state?

Seriously though, we had these public work gatherings in the USSR called subbotnik. People were forced to do public services on Saturday. Can't stand this commie crap.
Altria at 10:22 AM JST - 25th November

Wouldn't see this sort of thing happening in Saitama.
dotherightthing at 10:36 AM JST - 25th November

Isn't that the job of the municipal authorities?
BlackFlag at 12:00 PM JST - 25th November

great, lets see this more often.
badreligion at 12:32 PM JST - 25th November

The amount of littering that goes on in this country is staggering. The majority of people who live in Japan have no regard for keeping streets, parks, rivers, etc. clean...
LFRAgain at 12:32 PM JST - 25th November

Isn't that the job of the municipal authorities?

And it's the job of ordinary citizens to not throw their crap all over the place, but hey, there you have it.
Latenights at 07:18 PM JST - 25th November

I thought my 200k a year in city and prefectural taxes was supposed to cover this without the help of 11,000 volunteers...
Betting at 12:05 AM JST - 26th November

If a country truly wants to be beautiful, this is a very good way to start. "(S)tart what you can do to protect the environment", and collecting litter and other trash is a good and effective way to do it. Would be great if this kind of thing would catch on all over Japan.
sydenham at 06:02 AM JST - 26th November

Geeze, Jeff198524, tell us how you really feel. I guess you're saying that only in third-world hellholes do 11,000 people volunteer to clean up garbage. It's amazing how just about any positive thing can be spun to the negative by some.
GeorgeRoper at 06:41 AM JST - 26th November

This is daft. It's the councils job to clean up the roads, notthe general public.

What do you pay taxes for?
nisegaijin at 09:54 AM JST - 26th November

The amount of littering that goes on in this country is staggering. The majority of people who live in Japan have no regard for keeping streets, parks, rivers, etc. clean...

Maybe that's because local governments are too ignorant to install garbage bins on busy corners.
BlackFlag at 11:01 AM JST - 26th November

most of the litter bins were removed in the run up to the world cup, anti terrorist measures etc. they havent been replaced yet
rgetty at 11:24 AM JST - 26th November

After all the garbage was collected they celebrated with a big fire!