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jazzpush2 10 hours ago

Reading the title generates imagery of a city in Japan being overrun by foreigners.

The actual content is about a self-proclaimed 'Asia's cleanest village' in India, banning Sunday visits from other domestic Indians.

Probably wouldn't be a popular story if this was revealed in the title.

tom_ 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The article is on the BBC site, so Asia means India/Pakistan/Bangladesh/etc.

Japan is Japan.

tom_ 9 hours ago | parent [-]

The new editorialised title is an improvement, given that most of HN's readership is probably not in the UK, especially not at time of writing: 0130 BST on a Tuesday.

scythe 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

On the contrary, my first thought upon reading the title was "I hope it's not just Japan again". No disrespect to Japan, but articles about Japanese tidiness are a dime a dozen.