Japan fans use blue bags to clean up stadium after World Cup draw
AP News • • sports
Key Points:
- Japanese fans at the World Cup match against the Netherlands in Arlington, Texas, used blue bags both to celebrate late goals and to clean up the stadium after the game.
- The fans picked up trash from the stands following Japan’s 2-2 draw, continuing a tradition of cleanliness observed since Japan’s first World Cup appearance in 1998.
- This practice of cleaning up after matches has become a notable and respected aspect of Japanese soccer fan culture, repeated at every World Cup including the 2022 tournament in Qatar.
- The cleanup effort left the AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, notably free of trash, reducing the usual post-game cleanup workload for stadium staff.
