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Shinkansen operator apologizes for three-minute delay because conductor was napping

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Shinkansen operator apologizes for three-minute delay because conductor was napping
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The apology may have taken longer than the delay.

Enough has been said about the extreme punctuality of trains in Japan that it’s become as famous a cultural feature as sushi or decorative manhole lids. It’s so much a part of life here that people rely on its precise, to-the-minute accuracy, and even a slight deviation can throw someone’s itinerary completely off.
That is why JR East’s Aomori division had to issue a public apology for a three-minute delay due to a conductor not waki

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