the day that changed japan forever
Where are all the public trash cans in Japan? They were largely removed after the Tokyo subway gas attack of 1995. Five members of a doomsday cult punctured bags of sarin on crowded subway trains. Sarin is a deadly gas that attacks the body’s nervous system and is considered a weapon of mass destruction. The cult wanted to speed up the apocalypse by unleashing chaos, hoping that the public would turn to them for salvation. 13 members, including the leader, were sentenced to death. I know that capital punishment is a hot button issue outside of East Asia, but in this case deserved. In the aftermath, authorities realized everyday objects like trash cans could become hiding spots for dangerous materials. Therefore, many bins were removed from stations and public areas. Some people think that the government uses the attack as an excuse to cut costs on waste management. 30 years later, tourists feel frustrated with the lack of public trash cans. It’s the biggest inconvenience during their trip. Living here, you get used to carrying your trash home. But yeah, I can be annoying.
maybe more trash bins in tourist areas is a good compromise #travel #japantravel #japaneseculture
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Bruh now you've reminded me of the inconvenience when I first travelled to the country. And there's no tissues near the basins in public washrooms, because every Japanese brings their own towels, oh and finding a washroom was a painful experience too…😅
It’s usually pretty easy to find a convenience store and just use their trash bins.
Hot button? We call it a bullet in America. And they’re perfect for capital punishment 👍
The UK had a lack of bins for years due to the risk of IRA bombs being put in them
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isn’t it cause throwing trash costs a lot of money and people need to pay money to throw trash in japan?
Still Japan streets are cleaner than my country despite having a lot of trash cans
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Dumbest reason to get rid of the trash bins, knee jerk reaction from the Japs as usual
It's just unusual and unexpected. First time visitors have no idea to look something like that up.
Just need to get used to making less trash… no biggie…
By now I look for conbinis, they usually have trash cans outside.
No I don't think the government should get to kill people..? The real hot button is how ineffective prison is, but still that's an option. Intensive therapy is also an option. It's the issue with death note, everyone thinks they can be trusted with that kinda power. Politicians is the last people I want to have the legal right to kill people.
It's such a weak reason when you think about it. One terrorist attack that didn't even weaponise public bins 😅 just a massive "what if?" That doesn't happen anywhere.
They "punctured bags of Saran"? So… all BAGS must be illegal in Japan too.
Japan back then also had a weak law against religious establishments within the country, so Aum Shinrikyo got off as “an official religious group”. That’s why authority really wanted to round them up for a long time but couldn’t, before the TWO sarin gas attacks (yeah, the Tokyo subway one was the worst one, but not the only one).
On top of that, memberships of Aum Shinrikyo not only extended to low life people but also intellects like scientists and so. The guy who prepared for the sarin attack was a Japanese doctor. Many Japanese officials were involved, and the cult even managed to have their own factories, warehouses and… surprisingly, war weapons (like tanks).
This is interesting. I visited Tokyo earlier this year (from London) and it struck me how Japan is the inverse of the UK in this regard; we have a lot of bins in most towns BUT few public toilets. I was spoilt for choice with toilets in Tokyo😅
While I strongly suspect the gas attack was only an excuse and the real motivation is cutting costs on waste management and causing inconvenience to everyone, here in China this isn't an issue because we just banned cults in the first place.
Honestly after a time you get used to it. The main trash you will mostly have during the day, is empty PET bottles but you can find plenty of bins where empty plastic bottles are collected (usually at vending machinese) For me it is verty rare to have other trash when being outside, so the lack of trah bins was never really a problem for me personally while being in Japan. Instead I like the amount of clean public restrooms Japan has.
In Germany its the other was around: a lot of trah bins but hardly any public restrooms – and the ones that do exist are very dirty.
So I much more prefer the japanese version of many toilrts but few bins xD
Thanks for the backstory… informative. What's the movie title? Trash bagged? Or is that the theme song?
Def an excuse, plus we bave cameras now
Wow. Never thought there'd be a link between the Sarin gas attacks and the lack of trash cans. I love this channel
did they think they were in an anime or something?