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[Audio] The Japanese education system believes that requiring students to clean up after themselves teaches them to work in a team and help eachother. Besides, spending their own time and effort sweeping, mopping,and wiping makes pupils respect their own work and the work of others. The main difference I found interesting between Japanese and American elementary schools was the heavier emphasis on moralsand ethics education in Japan. Standard subjects such as mathematics, science, music, and physical education are of course taught, but moralsis a separate subject complete with textbook and allocated time. It's lessof a time to state what kids should or shouldn't do, but rather more of aperiod to facilitate discussion on moral dilemmas; how students wouldreact to a given situation. There were never wrong or right answers, justtime to talk about the black, white, and grey areas—just like real life..