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Japanese manners squad will force you to give up that seat

There was a time in Japan when courtesy was second nature.

Taizo Kato, a psychologist at Waseda University. said that the SmileManner Squadron “symbolises the collapse of the Japanese mentality and shows that we have reached a point where citizens are not aware of basic human manners”.

“Vacating seats is a matter of each passenger's free will,” said an 81-year-old.