I would say much more a cultural thing, IMHO. I have worked with a number of Japanese companies and each and everyone of their teams would take extreme pride in the work done. There was never any of this "someone will sort that" or "that's not our job".
Visited Japan a couple of years back (vacation) and was mightily impressed with how everyone undertook their jobs. Refuse trucks spotlessly clean and polished. Even those in what might be considered lowly jobs, took obvious pride in both their work and appearance, construction workers in clean and pressed overalls ...
The only country I've visited where I've felt totally at ease and very safe. Even wandering around Tokyo and Kyoto in the early hours..