RIYADH — Japan's education and ideals are receiving keen attention in Saudi Arabia, where a special TV series on the nation has generated high ratings.
The series of about 30 five-minute episodes includes footage shot by a hidden camera of a parent and child picking up a billfold dropped on a Tokyo street and taking it to a "koban" police box.
"I'm surprised," reporter Ahmed al-Schugairy of Saudi satellite television broadcaster MBC said after the segment was aired during Ramadan last fall. "They took the wallet (containing ¥7,000) to police."