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Japan, USA, Fasting and the World Cup 2014

My sister-in-law, Munizeh, first brought this my notice: Japanese fans clean up the stadium after their team ended 0-0 with Greece on 19 June 2014.
It brought to mind an article I had read in Slate soon after the devastation of March 2011 called Stop, Thief! Thank You. Why so little looting in Japan? It's not just about honesty.
Well, Honesty, with incentives works for them and perhaps that's what really matters.

On the topic of the World Cup 2014,

More Americans Watch the World Cup Than the World Series and

The Day America Fell in Love with the World Cup

and the Economist explains how sportsmen cope with Ramadan

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