Given that a poor work ethic and the lack of civic responsibilities are two of our biggest problems, I would love it if President Tinubu enters into a bilateral deal with Japan that involves us copying a few things

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Do you know that from the first to the sixth year of primary school, Japanese students must learn ethics in dealing with people

[2] Even though among the richest people in the world, the Japanese do not have servants. Parents are responsible for the home and children

[3] There is no examination from the first to the third primary school level because the goal of education is to instill concepts and character.

[4] If you go to a buffet restaurant in Japan you will notice that people only eat as much as they need, without any waste, because food must not be wasted.

[5] The rate of delayed trains in Japan is about seven seconds per year!! The Japanese appreciate the value of time and are very punctual to the minute and to the second.

[6] Children in schools brush their teeth after a meal in school, thus learning from an early age to maintain their health.

[7] Japanese students take half an hour to finish their meals to ensure proper digestion because the students are the future of their country

[8] Japanese children learn from their earliest days that human fulfillment comes from close association with others. Children learn early to recognise that they are part of an interdependent society, beginning in the family and later extending to larger groups such as neighbourhood, school, playground, community, and company

[9] In Japan, the gap in salary between chief executives and their subordinates is much narrower than in other countries in the industrialised world

[10] Japanese society places great importance on the value of collective action. As a group, the Japanese citizenry have had a longstanding cultural obligation of loyalty to the system within which they exist

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