Trash cans have been disappearing from train stations as railway operators have grown weary of passengers' bad manners, such as disposing of household garbage at stations.
Railroad companies were often required to seal off or remove trash cans for security reasons such as counterterrorism measures in the past, but now they are also being removed for sanitary reasons such as used masks being thrown away at stations amid the pandemic.
Of the 11 major railway operators in the Tokyo metropolitan area, only East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has trash cans at stations.
