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INTEREST: Shibuya's Halloween Parties Have a Trash Problem

Japan major cities are not what they used to be anymore, Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Tokyo, Yokohama, with the rise of tourism, particularly from china and its bad manners and the new generations that are being badly influenced, now its quite common to find trash on the streets, noise in trains, disorganization, people eating on the streets,etc.

I find it disheartening to see such behavior nowadays, I blame it on Chinese tourists at this point in time, then the youngsters that are being badly influenced by seeing their behavior combined with their general apathy.

Nekki Basara wrote:

Japan major cities are not what they used to be anymore, Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Tokyo, Yokohama, with the rise of tourism, particularly from china and its bad manners and the new generations that are being badly influenced, now its quite common to find trash on the streets, noise in trains, disorganization, people eating on the streets,etc. I find it disheartening to see such behavior nowadays, I blame it on Chinese tourists at this point in time, then the youngsters that are being badly influenced by seeing their behavior combined with their general apathy.

Xenophobia AND ageism, all in the same post!

Along with concerns over violations of Japan’s Hotel and Ryokan Management Law, the regular residents of such buildings are becoming a bit unnerved by these foreign interlopers, who noisily come and go at all hours. Chinese visitors, with their propensity to shop like crazy — a practice referred to as bakugai (“explosive buying”) — are also a source of friction.

“In the trash collection areas on each floor, you’ll see veritable mountains of discarded boxes for cosmetics, shoes, small electrical appliances and so on,” complained one female resident. “And they don’t even bother to flatten and tie them up for pickup. I had to go to the building custodian for assistance.”

Jeju International Airport was transformed into a giant garbage dump after a mob of Chinese tourists discarded trash on the floor of the international departure gates. The airport staff had advised the tourists to make use of the trash bins on multiple occasions, but a large group of the Chinese tourists chose to simply discard their bags on the floor before boarding.

Chinese government should advise their nationals so they don't behave like that anymore. Tourism is a good thing but tourist have to behave in a good manner and don't cause disturbances because that will cause frictions with the people of the countries they visits.

Also Japan need a strong campaign of re-education of the new generations.
A renewed focus on good civic behavior on schools programs is necessary so the young generations return to the correct path.
Also, more civic behavior campaigns on TV programs can also help.

What's wrong with eating in the street? Sounds needlessly strict.

You'll excuse me if I don't take individual fluff stories from countries with a centuries-old history of mutual animosity as being particularly representative of reality.

And "return to the correct path"? You're really going for the "old man yells at cloud" look, aren't you?

In May, six weeks before the theme park even opened, badly-behaved tourists had already left their mark after trampling plants, picking flowers, carving graffiti into freshly-painted lamp posts and leaving bags of rubbish on the grounds.

Ahead of the official launch, the government even created an etiquette guide for any tourists planning to visit.

From reminding visitors to put litter in bins to asking them not to deface public facilities, the guide featured six pointers on how guests can maintain decorum at the $5.5billion (£3.8billion) park.

The guide was created by the city’s civilization office and the tourism bureau, in light of badly-behaved tourists already causing damage to the Disney park's surrounding areas before the opening

I don't see how that proves your point? Just because we have different customs and people eat on the street here doesn't mean that I am the type of person who litters. Eating on the go doesn't equate to littering. That behavior differs from person to person.