Thank you, Japan, for the example

WHAT Japan did after losing to Belgium in their soccer World Cup final in Russia was not something that Japan did out of the blue.
It was culture and done through instinct, yet people seem to not see it that way.
Japan is a small yet well-populated (127 million) island nation in the Pacific Ocean.
What the Japanese players and fans did after the 0-2 defeat showed the world their desire for cleanliness and concerns for the environment.
The country is focusing on renewable sources of energy.
The Japanese people are obsessed with energy issues after its Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in March 11, 2011.
Japan is also the fifth largest emitter of global-warming gases, with people often buying oxygen in shops.
The Paris Agreement calls for the reduction to zero of heat-trapping gases and Japan is working to achieve that before 2030.
“We’re trying to change behaviours in addition to changing attitudes on climate change and from that, to change the whole society,” Satoru Morishita, deputy director general of global environment affairs at the ministry said in 2016.
The stadium and dressing room cleanup in Russia is an indication of what Japan hopes to show the world in the international arena.
Japan is not being hesitant to embrace a safer environment.
After learning from experience, Japan is showing the rest of us how we can place the globe in palm of our hand and protect it from human acts.
The glamorous put-up at the stadium was an inspiration to the Japanese people around the world and hopefully they would set aside a remembrance day for it.
Japan played their hearts out against Belgium in the round of 16 clash on Monday night last week but were knocked out after a late stoppage-time goal scored by the Red Devils.
Despite the heart-breaking loss, Japanese fans set a precedent for fans across the world by cleaning the stadium stands after the match.
Not only that, the players even cleaned their dressing room and left a ‘thank you’ note written in Russian before leaving the country.

Jacob Marcos