From ‘Why I'm crazy about Japan. Heartwarming and rib tickling stories from the Land of the Rising Sun’ by Ashutosh V Rawal

 If for some reason, the train is delayed by more than two minutes, all passengers get a delay certificate which they can show at their office should they require to. This kind of discipline and respect for time can only be experienced in Japan. I have traveled across the world and been to over 70 countries but I have never seen this kind of culture anywhere.