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Hirofumi Wada and the Lost Honor
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Angered by late trains? In Tokyo (pictured here) this is a rarity.
(Photo: Philip Fong/AFP)
A Japanese railway company deducted 41 cents from the salary of one of its train drivers because of a unanimous delay. He doesn’t let that sit and fights back – until his death.
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It’s like train driver Hirofumi Wada from Kurashiki in Japan’s Okayama Prefecture is still fighting for every minute. Even now, even though he’s no longer alive.
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