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  "path": "/2026/04/23/shinkansen-operator-apologizes-for-three-minute-delay-because-conductor-was-napping/",
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    "Japan",
    "Aomori",
    "delay",
    "employment",
    "inflatable pillow",
    "JR East",
    "naps",
    "Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station",
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  "textContent": "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 […]",
  "title": "Shinkansen operator apologizes for three-minute delay because conductor was napping"
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