[theultdev]

It's not a culture thing. They had trash cans. Until the sarin attacks.

Now people in Japan just put their trash in the streets. It piles up and early in the morning everything is cleaned.

[mitthrowaway2]

They don't put their trash in the streets except for garbage pickup day. That's not related to the removal of public garbage cans (which, yes, was a reaction to the sarin gas attacks). It's more of a substitute for dumpsters.