A leaflet in Japan asks men to clean their homes, not just the terraces

Pictures of fans of the Japanese national team, nicknamed “Samurai,” cleaning the stands of World Cup stadiums received widespread praise, but in the country a satirical post spread criticizing Japanese men who rarely do this in their homes.
This week, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) praised through “X” their “high morals” that were evident in their cleaning of the stands after matches, with pictures of men wearing blue uniforms enthusiastically picking up trash.
Similar photos spread on social media, but one post on “X” went viral after claiming that Japanese men are not what they are portrayed.
“Japanese men spend among the least time on housework in the world,” said the post, which received 1.9 million views.
“Please do this at home,” the post added, accompanied by a satirical drawing showing a fan proudly cleaning the field, while in reality he is relaxing on a sofa in his home, oblivious to the pile of laundry and his wife or mother washing the dishes.
Japanese men are notoriously less involved in housework, with women spending five and a half times more time than men doing unpaid work, such as shopping, housework, and caring for others, according to 2021 OECD data from the Cabinet Office.
This gap is much larger than in Britain, France and the United States, where women spend 1.8, 1.7 and 1.6 times more time, respectively, than men in unpaid work.