阅读理解 Tokyo－Our kids, the Japanese government announced, have forgotten how to behave．They can't be bothered with housework．If they see someone being wronged, they probably look the other way． Few countries have placed more importance on being well-behaved than Japan．The simplest requests for directions often result in guided tours．Smiling shopkeepers are still the rule．Lost wallets usually make their way back to their owners． But according to recent surveys, all that may be going the way of the ancient hairdo(发式)．And Japan's government has gone into something of a crisis mode(危急时刻)． A Japanese Education Ministry survey formed late in 1999 and made public last month found that Japan moves behind other nations in teaching youngsters right from wrong． It also reported that Japanese children are less helpful and do far less housework than their foreign peers(同龄人)in all classes．But they are better about taking dirty dishes to the kitchen after dinner． In addition, Japanese kids are more likely to dye their hair and carry cell phones than the American and Chinese kids, according to another survey by a Tokyo-based think-tank(专家小组)． Children in about 9 percent of public school classrooms are so disorderly that teachers cannot hold lessons, further recent reports show．Children refuse to sit, to listen or to stop talking． Older and middle-aged Japanese continue to have a solid sense of good manners and social justice, says Professor Yoshina Hirano from Shin'shu University, who was appointed to direct the ministry's survey． Despite the knowledge of good manners among adults, the breakdown of manners may be spreading, he said． | 
