Originally Posted by
beep88
Also many of the airbnb apartments in Tokyo/Osaka are owned by offshore investors from neighbouring countries, managed by real estate agents. Some agents may have dozens of units to look after. And if the owners (or the agents) are cheap, "housekeeping" or "cleaning" for the unit would be anything but.
Is bedding properly cleaned, commercially, after every rental? (answer is not always yes)
This is not exclusive to Japan. This is just the nature of the Airbnb beast.
Even private citizens that own the room and rent it out don't do the best cleaning. They are not professional housekeepers.