Yes, on time when the weather conditions are good. Or maybe my brain tend to focus on all the times when the train was late and forget when it wasn't.
Im pretty sure its on time all the time. Rarely do you hear of a train being late in Japan.
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Interesting. I looked for some statistics and found that my experience of trains always late matches the rush hours (and I was always taking the train during the rush hours). More than 1 time every 2 days statistically the train was late in 2018 in Tokyo, during the rush hours. Based on the numbers from: https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/330619?page=2 Based on the data here: https://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/content/001328948.pdf I see a lot of suicides, which matches also my experience (I often read "passenger accident").
I guess you didn't take the train between 08:00 and 09:00. At 08:55 at Shinagawa with the sound of people walking at the same pace during the rush hour, the first time, I got dizzy and had to slow down.
But indeed after work I don't remember having heard the train was late. Maybe you worked at 10:00?
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