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Man commits suicide in front of Tokyo train, 90,000 commuters inconvenienced
A man died after jumping in front of a train at a station in Tokyo during morning rush hours on Wednesday in an apparent suicide, inconveniencing more than 90,000 commuters, police and the railway operator said.
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While low-cost carriers have since long been successfully operating throughout the U.S., Europe, and southern Asia, Japan has seen very little of the low-price action.
[…] Given all of this mental mindscrewing inflicted by Japanese culture on its own inhabitants, it’s no wonder they have problems with people jumping onto the tracks. And it’s both telling and amusing that when these events get reported, they say things like “man jumps in front of train, inconveniences 90,000 commuters”. […]