Oh absolutely! I think the main issue with the garbage is that there aren&#x27;t alleys where you can have dumpsters and trucks that run through them. Doesn&#x27;t mean it&#x27;s odd to see trash bags on the sidewalk. Their culture of trash seems to go beyond cleanliness too actually. There are no public trash cans anywhere, not even in bathrooms (all blow dryers) and they expect people to take their trash with them.<p>With the robots, I think it&#x27;s more of an issue of deciding what type of robot is &quot;right&quot;. Do we want to focus on robots that can walk and act like humans? Or those that can make ordering food easier? Cash wasn&#x27;t difficult to deal with, but it&#x27;s tough to argue that cards and magnets aren&#x27;t the future.<p>I don&#x27;t want to come off as someone who says cash is dead in 20 years. It was really easy paying that way, and doesn&#x27;t have the tracking aspect like the US has, whatever that&#x27;s worth.<p>But still seems like Japan is missing things.