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No comment on "stupid shit" but culturally Japan has taken action to curtail things like rail suicide: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/families-fined-for-su...

did not mean it to be offensive. "stupid shit" is more like socially unacceptable in this context.

Most train stations and tracks in Japanese cities are difficult to access if you're an animal, and tracks are all either underground or elevated, so traffic accidents don't come into the picture. Another commenter suggested that they can clear out a suicide in under 10 minutes, something that will take over an hour, at least in the SF bay area.

If you get far out of a city, things seem to be held to less of a strict standard, but trains still run frequently and mostly on time.

I've never witnessed someone with a disability getting on or off a Japanese train, so I can't speak to that.