Jimmy Kimmel stunned by how much cleaner Japan is than US: ‘We are like hogs’

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Jimmy Kimmel joked during a Monday night monologue that a recent, weeklong trip with his family to Japan convinced him America is “filthy and disgusting” by comparison. The late-night host lauded everything from Japan’s truckstops– “cleaner than Jennifer Garner’s teeth” – to the fact that there’s very little litter even though large Japanese cities have few public trash cans. They clean up after themselves.It’s like the whole country is Disneyland and we’re living in Six Flags.” All in all, the comedian and recent Oscars host said, “We are like hogs compared to the Japanese.” A variety of factors help fuel Japan’s reputation for cleanliness. “If I say Japanese toilets are world number one, no one will disagree,” businessman Koji Yanai, a backer of the Tokyo Toilet project, told The New York Times, calling Japan’s toilet a display of national “pride.”